Gaza: UN rights office deplores deadly strikes on Palestinians gathering firewood
OHCHR in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed dismay that “the Israeli military is destroying Gaza City, forcing Palestinians to flee and then killing them...
World News in Brief: Burkina Faso, refugees and climate change, Afghan women deserve seat...
More than six million people across the country – about a third of the population – need humanitarian support and protection, UN Spokesperson Stephané...
Reconnect with our common humanity and reject ‘treacherous new normal’
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Türk underscored that international human rights and humanitarian law “are our mainstay against unbridled power.”Speaking...
Science180 Launches Shocking Non-Evolution, Non-Big Bang Scientific Theory of the Origins of the Universe,...
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American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel presents mathematical proof challenging the multibillion-year age of the cosmos by calculating the formation of Earth,...
They cannot rob us of our history and our place in America’s story
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By Ben Jealous —
My grandfather’s first cousin was Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh. Cousin Howard was part of the 99th Pursuit...
World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update,...
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mohamed was also found guilty of crimes against humanity. The charges included flogging, sexual slavery and...
The Smithsonian Looks at How the Slave Trade Shaped the World
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“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a...
The Climate-Driven Insurance Crisis — By Ben Jealous
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By Ben Jealous —
The climate crisis is costing all of us a lot of money in our everyday lives. Higher utility...
‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition
The UN advocates for the universal abolition of the death penalty. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by 175 countries, protects the right to...
Syria: Violence in Alawite areas may be war crimes, say rights investigators
Many of the victims were Alawite, a minority community in Syria, which the former ruling Assad family belonged to. Some community members are believed...
You’re Fired. — By Ben Jealous
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By Ben Jealous —
It was February 14. But what nearly 400 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees got that day were not...
Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, ‘an affront to dignity and justice’
Indigenous people are still excluded from decisions regarding “the very foundation of our identity, survival, and self-determination,” said Aluki Kotierk, Chair of the 24th United...
Bombardment, deprivation and displacement continue in Gaza
OCHA said dozens of people, including at least eight children, were killed in Gaza City on Wednesday after an Israeli strike hit a residential building....
UN rights office calls for more action to combat ‘senseless criminality’ in Haiti
Tackling insecurity in the Caribbean country must be the utmost priority, the report said, urging the authorities and the international community to do more...
Black Led Rainbow Wave to the Rescue — Dedicated to Rev. Jesse L. Jackson...
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Vantage Point VignetteDr. Ron Daniels, President, IBW-ACTION
How is it that one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history is...
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion
But recently, the level of participation has reached a new low – zero.Zero women in national or local decision-making bodies.Zero girls projected to be...
Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise
His warning comes in the wake of reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah state in the southeast,...
IBW’s Pilgrimage of History and Hope to Grenada
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
I have just returned from Grenada along with my Executive Assistant Paulann Paterson....
Remembering Woodie King, Jr., Reflections from Dr. Brenda M. Greene
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Condolences and Reflections from Dr. Brenda M. GreeneFounder & Executive Director EmeritusCenter for Black Literature, CUNY
—Woodie King Jr., the founder of...
UN provides emergency cash injection for global crisis hotspots
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts in Yemen ($20 million) and Ethiopia ($15 million), where desperate civilians are grappling...
Amid Sudan’s unimaginable crisis, its people endure with hope
Fighting erupted between rival militaries in April 2023 following a breakdown in the transition to civilian rule, following the overthrow of longtime former President...
‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
Each called for justice under international law and for perpetrators to be held accountable.Sung-Eui Lee, daughter of a South Korean man abducted by North...
Afghanistan: Condemnation for new Taliban ‘virtue and vice’ order targeting women
The “Law on the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice” silences women’s voices and deprives them of their autonomy, “effectively attempting to...
Scientifically cracking the code of turbulence
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Turbulence is one of the mysteries in physics and solving it can be very fulfilling for many scientific disciplines. But how...
