“We should certainly pursue bigger truths and more robust histories, better accounts of the reproduction of injustice, and better remedies for it.” In several recent posts for OpenGlobalRights, César Rodríguez-Garavito has suggested…
Most of its proposed budget would go to operations IOWA CITY — The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, created by the Iowa City Council in the wake of George Floyd’s murder…
In the 1950s and 60s the creation of the Civic Auditorium and I-10 freeway displaced hundreds of low-income families and now, City Council has decided, is time to make amends.…
At Reverse The Trend, we are committed to providing avenues for youth activists to express themselves about the existential threats facing humanity and the planet. This youth-oriented conference will provide an…
“My father never forgot. The things he saw stayed with him all the days of his life. He lived to speak of them to me, and to my children. My…
A year to the day after the death of former U.S. Rep. John Lewis, family, friends, colleagues and more reflected on the legacy of the civil rights icon whose fight…
Could the traveling pastor with a history of humanitarian work also have masterminded an intricate murder plot to seize power in Haiti? Christian Emmanuel Sanon, the latest American citizen to…
Michelle Leete said she did not mean to wish death on parents opposed to teaching race history in schools. Instead, she hoped the parents' right-wing "ideals" would die. An official…
The United Nations chief warned Friday that a “hurricane of humanitarian crises” around the world has left civilians in conflict areas paying the highest price and is compounded by a…
BAMAKO (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the Security Council to authorise additional troops for the peacekeeping mission in Mali in response to rising violence by Islamist…