‘Shock and awe was a vicious unprovoked attack, so why didn’t Europe help Iraqis when the United States attacked in 2003?’
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Billions for Ukraine as U.S. poverty festers
‘Where is the money, where is the land, where are all the things that we are owed in terms of reparations?’
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Biden administration finally moves to free WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian detention
After nearly three months of silence on Brittney Griner, the Biden administration on May 3 declared that Griner had been ‘wrongfully detained.’
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Black lives also matter in the Russia-Ukraine war
“Like America, Russia is a settler-colonial state, and we as Black folks need to understand how leaders of such states operate because we aren’t that far behind…”
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The forgotten story of Black soldiers and the Red Ball Express during World War II
These Red Ball Express trucks and the Black men who drove and loaded them made the U.S. Army the most mobile and mechanized force in the war.
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The unforeseen economic impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The implications of rising prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has many economic analysts wary of the future.
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Racist double standards common immigration practice—including in U.S.
Ukrainian refugees need and deserve the world’s sympathy, support and shelter. So do the rest of the world’s refugees—regardless of race.
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America’s cost of ‘defending freedom’ in Ukraine: Higher food and gas prices, risk of recession
Americans may be tempted to view the war in Ukraine as an unfortunate, but far away, crisis but the world is too connected for that to be true.