Reflecting on Sudan’s Civil War One Year Later
Amel Marhoum works for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Before the war transformed Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, into a battlefield she lived there with her family. Starting on April 15, 2023,…
The Fantasy of a Lily-White America
In 1970, two years and a couple days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Time magazine published a special issue on Black America. The cover was a…
The House Is About to Deliver Articles of Impeachment Against Mayorkas. It Could Get Messy
House Republicans are preparing to sign articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and walk them across the Capitol Rotunda to the Senate as soon as…
Japanese Court Dismisses Death Row Inmates’ Lawsuit Challenging Short Notice of Executions
A Japanese district court in Osaka on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by death row inmates seeking an end to the country’s practice of giving just a couple hours notice…
Questions About Assassinations Test the Limits of Trump’s Immunity Claim
“It is clear that as president, I will be bound by laws just like all Americans,” Donald J. Trump said in 2016, during his first campaign. Times have changed, and…