Musicians break genre boundaries and, through the lyrics about the Los Angeles police officer who killed cops, express black anger
COMMENT: My sons, I weep because Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fought gender discrimination, has died and Donald Trump, under whom hardwon victories have been eroded, wants to be elected president again
Neither side will hesitate for a second to do anything to win
Sometimes, the best foreign policy might be not to get involved at all
Development has been set back by two decades, says the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers report
It’s worth surmounting the voter suppression obstacles — but on the other side litigation and postal votes will probably delay the results of the presidential poll
As the coronavirus continues its deadly march, funeral directors in small-town America quietly attend to burying the dead
China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria
In 1961, Bill Russell led his fellow Boston Celtics in refusing to play in an NBA game in protest of systemic racism. It happened again on Wednesday.
A more explicit emphasis on the national interest may encourage donor countries to play ‘the long game’ in Africa
Kenyan farmers have carved their own niche in America’s agricultural landscape, providing speciality crops for the US market
The benefits of attending school outweigh the risks and public schools should be allowed to reopen for all learners
Business associations are urging companies to continue seeking alternative energy sources in light of Eskom’s court judgement which would allow the utility to bump up electricity prices up to 15% from next year April 2021.
China’s foreign ministry pushed back, calling Washington hypocritical for demanding TikTok be sold
The protests that have taken place in the United States confront the racialised edifice that built the modern world
Kamaru Usman has become the dominant force in mixed martial arts
Anti-racism and political contagion from Save Darfur to Black Lives Matter
Shop owners and taxi drivers can now refuse entry to people who defy mandatory mask-wearing regulations
As the crisis continues to unfold, the biggest threat may be the vested interest in maintaining the civil war Therefore, with no end in sight to the conflict plaguing the nation, the question worth asking is: who benefits from a Yemen at war?
The basics of epidemiology will help explain why some of the believable but incorrect propositions about the pandemic are wrong.
Standing out from the herd isn’t always a great idea
Tshegofatso Mathe spoke to people in the South African business world about structural racism in our economy, and what must be done to overcome it
White supremacy must be held to account if systemic anti-blackness is to be rooted out of society
In his new book of his time in the Trump White House, former US National Security Adviser John Bolton shares Trump’s very few thoughts on Africa
We need to dismantle the unequal systems we have upheld in Africa. Divesting from missionary tours is a good place to start
In this memoir, the first Somali-American woman elected to the US Congress describes how she got there
Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken
A global police state – the military arm for capital interests – marginalises, controls and subjugates millions of people considered surplus humanity
The US leader’s outrageous rule and overt bigotry roused the white middle class from indifference
We condemn the killing of a black Americans, yet women, African foreigners and queer people are regularly abused and killed in SA
Reliable news coverage is needed more than ever, but trust in the media is at an all-time low
Hyphenated identities: Why can’t I be just ‘South African’; why do I need to be ‘South- African Chinese’?