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Central African Republic

‘The worst crisis most people have never heard of’ is in the Central African Republic

Conflict & Justice

Violence is increasing in the Central African Republic. And now, its former colonial overseer, France, is talking about an intervention.

Chicago police move in to knock down a burning cross in front of a home, after an African-American family moved into a previously all white neighborhood, August 3, 1963. The civil rights movement in America was one of the historic trends transforming the

Here’s what else was going on in the world when Kennedy was assassinated

Global Politics

JFK’s Peace Corps architect recalls one trip where he felt stalked by history

Global Politics