Kim Darroch speaks during an annual dinner of the National Economists Club at the British Embassy in Washington on Oct. 20, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Kim Darroch, Britain’s ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2019, watched the Trump presidency unfold from one of the best seats in the house. Then the spotlight turned …
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Criminalization of Interracial Sexual Relationships
In November 1881, a jury in Clarke County, Alabama, convicted Tony Pace, a black man, and Mary Cox, a white woman, under section 4189 of the Alabama Code, which criminalized "fornication" and "adultery" between persons of different races and outlawed interracial marriage. Pace and Cox were sentenced to two years in prison. On January 29, …
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Beyond visa restriction for vote riggers by Punch Editorial Board
APPARENTLY infuriated by the failure and unwillingness of the Federal Government and its agencies to bring sponsors of electoral violence to book, the United States Government has dealt with the problem directly, announcing a visa restriction on persons who manipulated the conduct of the Kogi and Bayelsa elections that were held last year. The US …
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Nigeria turns 60: Can Africa’s most populous nation remain united? By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
How to keep a multitude of ethnic nations united and satisfied? This was the greatest hurdle Nigeria faced in the first decade of its independence - and continues to be the case 60 years later. Heated national conversations usually revolve around which ethnic nations gets what, when, and how. Or how fairly a person from …
How Minneapolis police handled the in-custody death of a Black man 10 years before George Floyd by Neena Satija
A decade before Floyd’s death, David Smith died in Minneapolis police custody. But his case did not cause public outcry, and officers involved did not face discipline. “Is he breathing?” Minneapolis police officer Timothy Callahan wondered aloud. The question came after he and his partner — responding to a call of a person acting strangely …
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