Shortly after Yayesew Shimelis published information on his Facebook page about the Ethiopian government’s alleged preparation of 200,000 burial plots for victims of COVID-19, the independent journalist posted an apology More
Just over a year ago, Chicago swore in its first Black woman, and first openly gay mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, and political outsider, ran a campaign More
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the courthouse that would hold his trial, protesters for and against the premier filled Salah a-Din Street in East Jerusalem. Netanyahu supporters waved More
On March 16th, Patricia Frieson, a 61-year-old black woman, passed away at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she had tested positive for COVID-19. She was a retired nurse More
Last week, a video of Hollywood celebrities singing “Imagine” by John Lennon went viral, but not in the way that it likely was intended to be. Many middle-class and working-class More
One-sixth of all pregnancy-related deaths were the result of illegal abortions in 1965. Doctors think that the actual figure was likely much higher than that when taking into consideration unofficial More
On January 12th, both houses of the Virginia legislature approved the ratification resolution of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The following day, the US House of Representatives voted to extend More
In an address on public television on February 1st, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi sympathetically appealed directly to anti-government protesters occupying Tahrir Square, aiming to signal the beginning of a new chapter More
In exactly 9 months, Americans will head to the polls for the 2020 election. Donald Trump will be fighting for reelection against the Democratic presidential nominee, while all 435 seats More
While much of the American mediasphere has been fixated on the Democratic primaries and the intense escalation of U.S. tensions with Iran over the last month, Puerto Rico has faced More
