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“Confinada” critiques the disproportionate toll the coronavirus has taken on poor and Black Brazilians—on top of ongoing systemic inequality in the country.

Italian forces used chemical weapons and committed war crimes in Africa—but the country’s sordid history is not taught in schools and is rarely discussed by politicians or intellectuals.

Communities around the world have shifted to a lighter policing model to reduce tensions and curb violence.

Apesar de constituírem mais de metade da população, pessoas negras continuam lutando pelo seu direito de viver.

Afro-Brazilians make up over half of the country’s population, but they are still fighting for their right to live.

As talk turns once again to Russia’s role in stoking racial tensions ahead of an election, the United States would be wise to look within.

The country is upending its national identity by finally starting to acknowledge race.

America’s founders missed an opportunity to abolish slavery, attacks on the press are increasing in democratic societies, and Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran isn’t working.

Ignoring the central role of race and colonialism in world affairs precludes an accurate understanding of the modern state system.

They swept the issue under the rug, and even Thomas Jefferson realized that civil war was inevitable before he died on July 4, 1826. But history could have taken a different direction.

Well-meaning reforms are often blocked and rarely succeed. But there are ways to make them stick.

How the physical environment affects our experience of difference.

The furor over police abuse of Black communities is raising new questions about the original sin of America’s Founding Fathers.

International relations theorists once explored racism. What has the field lost by giving that up?

The United States’ chronic police brutality problem can be solved using evidence and data.

Racism in international relations, the state of the German armed forces, and Hindu nationalism is creeping into Nepal.

Journalists pay a personal toll covering public tragedies.

The Trump administration’s agenda on race undermines the country’s military, alliances, and security.

Protests against police brutality and systemic racism highlight what is seen as the United States’ accelerated decline.

American protests are inspiring Indonesians to tackle racism against Papuans.