(Baltimore Jewish Times via JTA) — Tens of thousands of leaders and activists from around the world, representing world governments, NGOs and environmental organizations, gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier this month for…
The most important animal-rights case of the 21st century revolves around an unlikely subject. The subject of the most important animal-rights case of the 21st century was born in Thailand…
LYON, France (AP) — In China, she enjoyed the privileges that flowed from being married to a senior member of the governing elite. Her husband was a top police official…
This piece is my personal recount of the experience of participating as an audience in some of the sessions of the Aban Tribunal: The International People’s Tribunal established to investigate Iran…
About 34,000 people thought to be eligible for compensation, including those born in church-run homes Ireland has confronted one of the most painful chapters in its history and agreed an…
It’s a story about the forgotten and the betrayed: On July 16, 1945 the world’s first atomic bomb exploded at a test site in New Mexico. To this day, the consequences…
Youk Chhang recalls visits to the seaside town during several key points in Cambodia’s history. One of the most beautiful memories I have of Cambodia when I returned to the…
Israel's Housing Ministry 'took advantage of a plan approved 30 years ago to dramatically change the heart of the West Bank,' says Hagit Ofran of activist group Peace Now A…
Protesters display swastikas and a yellow star outside the office of a Jewish politician, Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz Analogies to the Holocaust have become commonplace at anti-vaccine protests around the U.S.…
A Russian weapons test obliterated a dead Russian satellite in outer space over the weekend, generating a cloud of debris that has forced astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS)…