Dark tourism and the obscenity of understanding
There is a disturbing trend of people traveling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and disasters.
Nelson Mandela in asian news
Monday Briefing: What’s Next for South Africa
The African National Congress has lost its political monopoly on South Africa. Election results on Saturday showed that the party had fallen short of winning an absolute majority for the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Trump says going to jail for gag order violation would be a 'great honor,’ compares himself to Mandela
Donald Trump on Saturday said he welcomed the prospect of going to jail for violating a gag order in his upcoming New York hush money trial.
Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries "Roots," has died. He was 87.
The roots of South Africa’s Gaza case against Israel
In 1990, fresh from serving over two decades in prison on charges of trying to “overthrow the state,” South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela delivered harsh remarks likening Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the oppression of black South Africans under apartheid rule.