A United Nations-affiliated group in Geneva is calling for the U.S. to give African Americans reparations for the country?s history of slavery, according to a recent report by the group. The group?s statement was part of a study by the United Nations? Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, a group that reports to the international organization?s High Commissioner on Human Rights, The Washington Post reported. The group of experts, made up of leading human rights lawyers from around the world, presented its findings about the link between the U.S.?s history of slavery and present injustices, such as
The history of slavery in the United States justifies reparations for African Americans, argues a recent report by a U.N.-affiliated group based in Geneva. This conclusion was part of a study by the United Nations´ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, a body that reports to the international organization´s High Commissioner on Human Rights. The group of experts, which includes leading human rights lawyers from around the world, presented its findings to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, pointing to the continuing link between present injustices and the dark chapters of American history.
A month ago, just after Colin Kaepernick´s protest against racial injustice hit the mainstream, the 49ers quarterback was told by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to leave the country. Clearly, Trump did not approve of Kaepernick´s decision to kneel during the national anthem. On Tuesday, a day after the first presidential debate between Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Kaepernick responded to those remarks. He called Trump´s comment "ignorant" and criticized Trump´s campaign slogan, "Make America great again." According to Kaepernick, that slogan should read, "Let´s make America great for the first time." "That´s a very ignorant statement that if you
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.- Constant interruption. A condescending tone. Eye-rolling. For many women, the presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was a case study in deja vu. For more than 90 minutes on a national stage, they said Tuesday, Trump subjected the first female presidential candidate from a major party to indignities they experience from men daily, in the workplace and beyond. Tweeted Chicago-based writer Britt Julious: "Thoughts & prayers to every woman watching the #debates & getting painful flashbacks to dudes talking over them at work, school, home, etc." "The sad thing," said Christina Emery, an author from
CNN awarded Hillary Clinton an overwhelming victory in the first presidential debate - but most snap polls show Trump emerged victorious. Trump and Clinton tangled over the economy, her use of a private mail server and his unwillingness to release his income tax returns on Monday night. They engaged in a vigorous back-and-forth on the debate stage at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, as polls showed them locked in a tight race. However, after the debate´s end, polls conducted by a number of media websites showed their readers felt the real estate mogul came out on top. Trump acknowledged
Chelsea Clinton weighed in on Donald Trump invoking her father’s “transgressions” this week, and Juanita Broaddrick responded by sending her a message on Twitter. Trump boasted after the debate that he could have gone there on Bill Clinton, but didn’t want to with his daughter in the room. Well, she responded to that in an interview with Cosmopolitan after the debate. Clinton said, “It’s a distraction from his inability to talk about what’s actually at stake in this election and to offer concrete, comprehensive proposals about the economy, or our public school system, or debt-free college, or keeping our country
Atmospheric carbon dioxide has reached a historic threshold as levels remain above 400 parts per million through the end of September – the point in which values typically drop to their lowest. Climate scientists now warn that it’s ‘almost impossible’ that these numbers will fall next month, and likely won’t dip below 400ppm in the foreseeable future. While there may be brief, daily events in which the levels fall short of this amount, monthly values are set to keep climbing as the ‘rising half of the cycle’ begins, when carbon dioxide could even break 410 ppm. Data from the Mauna Loa Observatory
Back when I was a pup in the newspaper business, legendary reporter Peter Kihss gave me lifetime advice about covering politicians. Remember, he said, there are no such things as stupid questions, only stupid answers. Which brings us to Lester Holt and the accusations that the moderator tipped Monday’s debate in favor of Hillary Clinton. Holt’s bias was obvious, but the impact was not inevitable. It mattered largely because, shockingly, Donald Trump was shocked that Holt was in the tank for Clinton. How could Trump not see that coming? And if he did, why wasn’t he better prepared? Holt never pressed Clinton with
Singer Madonna is joining Katy Perry´s topless-voting bandwagon, tweeting out a photo with a message of support for Hillary Clinton. "Im voting naked with Katy Perry!! Vote for Hillary. She´s the Best we got!" the pop star wrote alongside the photo. Im voting naked with Katy Perry!! Vote for Hillary. She´s the Best we got!. Nude Voting series # 1 pic. — Madonna (@Madonna) September 28, 2016 Perry, another pop star who backs Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, stripped naked in a video promoting voter turnout. “Yep, I’ve briefly scanned the Constitution, and nowhere does it say you can’t just roll
Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean refused to back down Tuesday from suggesting during the presidential debate that Donald Trump used cocaine. Mr. Dean first raised the issue in a tweet when the Republican nominee repeatedly sniffled during the debate Monday night. “You can’t make a diagnosis over the television. I would never do that,” Mr. Dean, a physician, said Tuesday on MSNBC. “But that is a signature of people who use cocaine. I’m not suggesting that he does.” Mr. Dean insisted he wasn’t suggesting that Mr. Trump had a cocaine habit. He then listed the symptoms that he
The French have a term for when the best lines occur to someone after leaving a meeting or a dinner party. They call it L´esprit de l´escalier, the wisdom of the stairs. Here is Donald Trump´s morning-after-the-debate version. *** I might not pay any taxes: Instead of repeating that I can´t until the audit is complete, I should have added that audits often require reporting changes, so I don´t want to release figures that might change. Besides, unlike Hillary´s staff, I have never been granted immunity from prosecution, so if I hadn´t paid all the taxes legally due the government I would
Rather than striking immunity deals with virtually every person who had intimate knowledge of Hillary Clinton’s illegal private server and emails, the Justice Department would have saved everyone some time by offering Hillary protection instead. FBI Director James Comey, who testified in front of two congressional committees this week, still maintains he was unable to recommend that the Justice Department charge Clinton with mishandling classified documents because of insufficient evidence proving “intent” — although the actions themselves are irrefutably illegal. Well, how exactly did he anticipate gathering this proof when the Justice Department had proactively shielded the five people tasked
