As discussions about reparations increase, America is far from united on the topic. But it’s not stuck, either. Trudy     Does the United States owe Black Americans compensation for the brutality of slavery and the lingering effects of segregation and other forms of racial discrimination? Those in favor of reparations argue that slavery was the foundation of much of the nation’s antebellum wealth. At emancipation, enslaved people represented the most valuable asset in America, “$3 billion in 1860 dollars, more than all the other assets in the country combined,” Ta-Nehisi Coates told a House panel in 2019 testimony.  The U.S. government has…

  Conclusion The unresolved, long history of inter-communal clashes, especially in the colonial and post-colonial eras, combined with political missteps and repeated mistakes related to counter-insurgency tactics against the territorial advances of the West Africa branches of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State toward the Gulf of Guinea, could trigger significant violence between several communities in the region. There is, therefore, an urgency to raise more awareness about this pressing issue. The growing and mutually reinforcing intersections of historical, political, and security triggers of inter-community violence seem destined to result in long-lasting catastrophes. In his book Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to "stop pussyfooting around" and challenge President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democrat presidential nomination. DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate for 2024, took aim at Newsom's record during a budget signing event in response to Newsom's challenge for a televised debate. "It's interesting, he's got huge problems in his state," DeSantis said. "We all know that. You see it in San Francisco, you see it in LA, you see it in the people fleeing. California, from its inception, gained population every single year until he became governor. "California was probably the…

In 2006, UN Member States did something unusual. Despite being unable to agree on a universal definition of terrorism, and having fought over whether terrorism truly had “root causes” or if that rhetoric was a perceived justification for terrorism, they managed to agree upon an overarching “global counterterrorism strategy” (GCTS). The Strategy is based on four pillars outlining measures to prevent and combat terrorism for states and for the wider UN system, including entities based at Headquarters (in New York and Vienna) and the field. Adopted by consensus in the General Assembly, the GCTS was notable not necessarily for its…

The Office of Special Counsel found Karine Jean-Pierre   in violation of the Hatch Act. US President Joe Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, violated a law prohibiting government employees from engaging in partisan politics and has received a warning letter from the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), a nonprofit that filed a complaint against her revealed on Tuesday. Protect the Public’s Trust, run by former Trump administration official Michael Chamberlain, had objected to Jean-Pierre’s use of the phrase “mega MAGA Republican officials who don’t believe in the rule of law,” ahead of the 2022 midterms. In doing so, they claimed she violated…