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There is a long-standing Norwegian tradition of externalizing racism, so that anti-black racism is always and inevitably located elsewhere.

There is a long-standing Norwegian tradition of externalizing racism, so that anti-black racism is always and inevitably located elsewhere.


Should the tipping point against the MPLA - in power since independence - arrive in Angola, there are some activists ready to hit the ground, running.


Weekend Special is all that stuff we wanted to, but did not get around to writing about or just shared on social media.

The failure of Americans to have a concerted conversation on racism is not surprising. Too much is at stake for too many people, interests and institutions.

How we harness knowledge to the ethical injunctions we uphold against marginality, pain or suffering, on a global scale.

Slavery, despite its centrality to South Africa's founding, remains on the periphery of popular and institutional memory there.

Brazil, under the Workers' Party, even if it’s still struggling with enormous poverty and social inequality, has managed to improve tremendously.

Mexico has never healed from the state violence that meets student revolts, dating back to 1968.

With the exception of Hillary Clinton’s attempt at entering politics during Bill Clinton’s first term as president there hasn’t been a more contentious First Lady.


Is it fair to compare Israel to Apartheid South Africa? And no, making the comparison is not antisemitic.

The “Arab Spring” has become our reference point for revolutions in this digital age, including in Africa south of the Sahara. It's ahistorical.

In "Futebol Nation," British journalist David Goldblatt explores the social and political history of Brazilian football.

Racism in Belgium is endemic, and not taken seriously. Few people talk about it and even fewer are listening.


Latin America is a Country is the newest member of the Africa is a Country family. The section is coedited by Pablo Medina Uribe and Camila Osorio.

In Kenya, women are organizing against the gender and moral police. Theyr'e using hashtags: #SavetheMiniskirt, #StripMeNot and #MyDressMyChoice.