Resolution backed by African leaders calls for recognition, justice and reparations The UN vote on designating the transatlantic African slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity,” is, ...

The United Nations General Assembly has approved a landmark resolution, spearheaded by Ghana, that formally declares slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as one of the greatest injustices against ...

From the 1500s through the 1800s, millions of Africans were violently captured from the lush coastal kingdoms of West and Central Africa, traded through slave forts, and packed into ships bound for ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday issued Executive Order No. 110, declaring a national energy emergency and authorizing a unified package covering livelihoods, industry, ...

An existing energy crisis scenario allows the government to act directly in limiting prices, but this can only happen after an EU-level decision. Portugal is very close to meeting the European ...

Since Donald Trump entered the political fray, critics have opined that if he ever faced a direct confrontation with Iran as United States president, the result would be chaos, endless war, and global ...

President Donald Trump likes his military campaigns short and victorious. The quick overnight strike that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from power is his preferred model of warmaking. But the U.S ...

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David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

Akbayan party-list Rep. Jose Manuel Tadeo ‘Chel’ Diokno (Courtesy: Chel Diokno) AKBAYAN party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has filed a bill declaring Feb. 25 of every year a regular national holiday to ...

Read the recent headlines and you might think downtown Dallas is doomed. AT&T has announced it will move its headquarters. The streets are described as littered with homelessness and public safety ...

In January and February 2026, an alleged letter from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announcing a "temporary suspension" of Second Amendment rights circulated online. Constitutional ...