An unusual sheriff election in Lee County, Alabama, highlights how elected law enforcement often shapes issues of public safety, immigration and gun control.

South African novelist Damon Galgut, whose fiction explores his country's history, racial inequality and the lives shaped by ...

LATIN America will be equally important, but its trajectory is different. The region has long participated in global trade. What is changing now is how Latin American societies negotiate inclusion and ...

I wonder how different black and white really are.No, you might be wondering what I'm talking about all of a sudden, but ...

Background Health inequalities are widely studied but how governments operationalise (define and measure) the phenomenon is less well-understood. Existing research focuses mainly on health-led ...

A white woman promises to give a house to the Black domestic worker who has cared for her all her life. After the woman dies, ...

Charity Wellsprings Together is delivering a series of interfaith creative arts projects which aim to bring people of different faiths and backgrounds together ...

THE future of the world economy will not be written only by Western capitals, and it will not be written only by a rising China or a single dominant bloc either. It will be written through the ...

Asserting that “growing economic inequality” is one of the nation’s “most pressing concerns”, the Congress on Wednesday demanded that the government acknowledge the reality of this “economic distress” ...

Imagine working ordinary jobs day after day, fighting financial uncertainty, and still sticking to the discipline of showing ...

Novelist says demise of Britain’s ‘incredible’ welfare system and housing struggles have led to deeper divisions ...