Two Syrian defectors to go on trial in Germany for war crimes
Anwar Raslan and Eyad al-Gharib accused of roles in Assad regime’s torture apparatus Anwar Raslan and Eyad al-Gharib thought they had escaped Syria’s civil war when they fled to Germany…
“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” explores violence against Mexican Americans in L.A.
The show takes place in Los Angeles in 1938, where racial violence and tensions culminated in the Zoot Suit Riots. Television has become a window into the outside world for…
First pollution, now coronavirus: Black parish in Louisiana deals with ‘a double whammy’ of death
“Air pollution and pollution in general is segregated, and so is America,” one expert said. When Sharon Lavigne was a little girl in rural Louisiana, she remembers the air being…
Child sexual abuse images and online exploitation surge during pandemic
With tech companies' moderation efforts constrained by the pandemic, distributors of child sexual exploitation material are growing bolder, using major platforms to try to draw audiences. Michael Oghia was on…
Black female inmates and COVID-19: Medically compromised, vulnerable and neglected
“Women’s needs are obscured in ways that have real consequences … ” Coronavirus outbreaks have transformed prisons into hot spots of infection, and among the societal inequalities the pandemic is exposing along…
Jeremy Lin on maintaining Asian American pride amid rising coronavirus racism
“Just accept us as humans,” Lin said of those outside the Asian American community. Jeremy Lin has a heavy heart these days. With Asian America weathering heightened anti-Asian sentiment amid…
Federal agencies are doing little about the rise in anti-Asian hate
The CDC and DOJ worked to stop bias incidents and hate crimes following the SARS outbreak and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. No such plans have been released amid the coronavirus…
Family diaries kept during Spanish flu give Ohio descendants hope during coronavirus pandemic
“While a global pandemic shuttering schools and businesses feels like new territory, many of our families still bear the scars of the 1918 influenza pandemic,” Amy Patterson says. The diary…
Van Jones: I’m someone Covid-19 could easily kill. Here is what I’m doing about it
Editor's Note: CNN host Van Jones is the CEO of the REFORM Alliance, a criminal justice organization. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on…
Lawmaker apologizes for face mask that looks like Confederate flag
A Michigan state senator has apologized for showing up to the state Capitol wearing a face mask that appeared to depict the Confederate flag. "I’m sorry for my choice of…
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