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In May 1901, 150 white men gathered in the city of Montgomery to rewrite the Alabama state constitution. These men elected John Knox, a prominent lawyer, to preside over the convention. In his opening speech, Knox said: “What is it…

From Iran in ’53 to the US in 2021: a history of US coup d’états that finally hits home 19 August marked the 70th anniversary of the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iran’s first democratically elected political leader and prime minister.…

Jordan has enacted what human rights organisations have described as a “draconian” anti-cybercrime law. The legislation, which will come into force in a month’s time, punishes with prison sentences and fines the publication of content that is deemed “immoral”, insulting…

We speak with Ukrainian peace activist Yurii Sheliazhenko, whom Ukrainian authorities have charged with justifying Russian aggression, days after his Kyiv apartment was raided and searched. Sheliazhenko is executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement and has vocally opposed any…

The United Nations has warned that Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allowed for the safe export of food and fertiliser from Ukrainian ports, will lead to soaring food prices and worsening global hunger. UN…

Tennessee calls itself “The Volunteer State,” but don’t volunteer your opinion there. Free speech is by no means guaranteed in Tennessee. This month, the largely white Tennessee House of Representatives, with its heavily gerrymandered Republican supermajority, expelled two members, Representatives…

On the day of Donald Trump’s historic arraignment in New York, making him the first former president ever to be criminally charged, we speak with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump for decades. Trump is…

Ukraine called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Sunday as NATO condemned Russia for making a “dangerous and irresponsible” suggestion that it could soon deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. President Vladimir Putin made the announcement on…

This week nearly 400 human rights groups urged the Biden administration not to revive the controversial practice of migrant family detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Biden ended family detention when he took office two years ago but is now…

March 8th, International Women’s Day, arrived not a day too soon, as women, half the world’s human population, still endure varying degrees of oppression, violence, inequality and discrimination. This day’s living history is steeped in struggle and celebration; a day…