US has no good reason to stall on Rohingya genocide label
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Perhaps the two most egregious human rights crises currently unfolding in the world are the situations of the Uighurs in China and the...


The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare
The U.S. is becoming increasingly ungovernable, and some experts believe it could descend into civil war. What should Canada do then? By...


Sudan’s Military Rulers Are Hated by Their People but Coddled by the West
Two months since the October 25 coup, protesters are in the streets of Sudan demanding restored civilian rule. But military leaders’...


Ethiopia passes law to start national dialogue commission amid pressure to end Tigray conflict
Both sides in the conflict have been accused of committing widespread abuses, killings and sexual violence. Ethiopian lawmakers have...


Turkey’s attack on Syrian Kurds aims to deepen intra-Kurdish rift
The Christmas day attack on members of the Syrian Revolutionary Youth marks a new level of escalation in Ankara's ongoing military...


70 Years Ago Black Activists Accused the U.S. of Genocide. They Should Have Been Taken Seriously
The charge, while provocative, offers a framework to reckon with systemic racial injustice — past and present. Seventy years ago this...


The U.S. Military Is a Machine of Impunity
Wartime savagery requires that its perpetrators are told that their actions are acceptable — maybe heroic — and must not cease. MY...


Calls for reparations are as old as emancipation. Will global powers finally listen?
Black people around the world, as well as African and Caribbean countries, are looking back at their histories — and coming together to...


Lemkin Institute Issues Statement on LGBTQ+ Persecution in Afghanistan
Calls Taliban threats 'genocidal' A group of gay men sit together to watch clips on YouTube Credit: Stefanie Glinski On December 25, 2021...


A Peace Corps worker killed a woman in Africa. The U.S. helped him escape prosecution.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – An American Peace Corps employee in Tanzania in 2019 killed a mother of three and injured two others in a...
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