antiracism
Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore said that claims “Zionist” doctors harmed patients were a tenet of anti-Semitism. “A call to purge dangerous ‘Zionist doctors’ and ‘decolonise’ medicine,” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Out of the slime of racist history crawls the blood libel and Stalin’s anti-Jewish Doctor’s Plot: he devised personally the lie […]
Tomorrow, August 9, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will give the first annual Secretary’s Global Anti-Racism Champions Awards. This group of global civil society leaders has courageously advanced the human rights of members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and Indigenous communities and combatted systemic racism, discrimination, and xenophobia worldwide. The 2023 awardees are: Kari Guajajara […]
MS SMITH: Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. MS SMITH: Thank you. (Laughter.) Secretary Blinken; Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Richard Verma; OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov; UNESCO Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences Gabriela Ramos; Ambassador Ruth A. Davis, the first black woman career ambassador in the State Department […]
For almost 50 years, the United States Department of State has published its annual collection of country reports on human rights practices, covering violations of internationally recognised individual, civil, political, and workers’ rights as set out in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As might be expected in this new age of great […]
Established in 2023, Global Anti-Racism Champions (GARC) Award honors individuals from civil society globally who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength, leadership, and commitment to advancing the human rights of members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and Indigenous communities, including people of African descent, and combating systemic racism, discrimination, and xenophobia in their communities. The GARC awardees […]
Brazil lined up in an all-black kit for the first time as part of an anti-racism campaign and a show of support for Vinicius Junior on Saturday. Brazil wore all black vs Guinea Moment of silence before kick-off Part of campaign against racism WHAT HAPPENED? The Selecao squad took to the field for the friendly […]
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry, pictured in a file photo, was named chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism May 10, 2023. Ahead of the U.S. bishops’ meeting in Orlando, Fla., June 14-16, Bishop Perry recently spoke with OSV News about his new role. CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz […]
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Educators with Madison and Sun Prairie school districts will have a new, inspirational piece of art to look at each day, thanks to an international muralist. During the Urban Collaborative Conference Member Meeting Friday, Executive Director Lauren Katzman and international artist Kyle Holbrook presented three murals to area educators. Each mural […]
By guest contributors Ayoade Alakija, Winnie Byanyima, Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola, Madhukar Pai; Christine Stegling, Steve Letsike, Lazenya Weekes-Richemond, Lola Abayomi, Leigh-Anne-Agnew, Divya Bajpai, Kreena Govender, Yumnah Hattas, Mumtaz Mia, Tabita Ntuli, and Orosmani Gonzales-Romero For the first time in its history, the International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2022) – the largest gathering of HIV and AIDS experts and […]
Oct. 12, 2022, 5:56 PM Employer’s reliance on past drug offenses could be retaliation Lack of chance to explain crimes may have also violated FCRA A jury must decide whether a Black hospital worker in Rhode Island was fired because of his past drug convictions or because he was tapped for a seat on the […]