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If anyone should be paying slavery reparations, it’s West Africa
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoThe logic behind British reparations is deeply flawed. Responsibility for slavery cannot be reduced...
World ignoring risk of Sudan genocide - UN expert
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe RSF says it is not involved in what it describes as a "tribal conflict" in Darfur. The paramilitary group emerged from the Janjaweed militia which...
India-Pakistan: Fragile States
Strategy Page· 6 hours agoJanuary 14, 2021: Both India and Pakistan are new (created since World War II) nations that could have done better. India is a functioning democracy but crippled by epic corruption ...
Government compensation for slavery? NJ may lead in answering that question
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — In just over a month, on Juneteenth, a preliminary report will release one of...
Congo: China Abides
Strategy Page· 5 days agoAugust 12, 2020: Congo’s domestic development agency plans to let a consortium led by China and Spain build Africa’s largest hydropower dam project on the Congo River. The Grand Inga Project ...
A new task force is studying what reparations would look like in Philadelphia. Here’s what to know
Philly.com· 5 days agoThe Philadelphia Reparations Task Force has officially launched. The 10-member committee, which is...
Democracies Aren’t the Peacemakers Anymore
Foreign Policy Magazine· 2 days agoAuthoritarian states’ traditional approach to conflict outside their borders is to choose sides—supplying political-diplomatic support and military...
James Hubbell, San Diego's iconic sculptor, artist, naturalist and peace advocate, dies at 92
U-T San Diego· 6 days agoJames T. Hubbell, an iconic local sculptor, artist and humanitarian whose organically inspired works...
Congo: Traps, Treaties And Counterterrorism
Strategy Page· 5 days agoDecember 30, 2021: In Congo investigators continue to probe the so-called “China deal” which was meant to trade Congo minerals for infrastructure projects built by China. China is – or was—supposed ...
Local Entertainment Roundup: May 23-30
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 4 days agoUSMC Mounted Color Guard, National Museum of the Marine Corps, 1775 Semper Fidelis Way, Triangle. Live demonstrations, meet-and-greets with the last...