For human rights advocates who also enjoy the sport of car racing, a great opportunity awaits us. Lewis Hamilton, the only Black driver in the history of Formula 1 racing, has been bravely and consistently supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. In the wake of the protests against the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Hamilton started to call Formula 1 out for its lack of diversity, even saying he would trade his 7th world championship for more diversity in the sport. Accused of bringing politics into the sporting world, he refused to back down, saying that his support for Black…

For 75 years, the peoples of the Middle East watched the United States exercise the kind of immense political influence that can only be undergirded by military might and economic prosperity. There were military coups to be thwarted or supported, strongmen to be courted, contained, or removed. The U.S. influenced the political trajectories and orientations of countries from Iran in the east to Libya in the west. U.S. influence shaped the outcomes of wars from the Suez Crisis in 1956 to the October War of 1973. The U.S was engaged intermittently in peacemaking missions between Arabs and Israelis but also…

On 22 November 2005, the Bundestag elected Angela Merkel to be the first female chancellor in German history. When the elections are held on 26 September 2021, she will no longer be in the running after 16 years as the head of the German government. In Germany, it is traditionally the strongest party in a coalition that supplies the head of government, who is then voted into office by parliament. The three biggest parties in Germany have identified their top choices for the election, so one of the three will probably succeed Merkel as head of government. We present them in…

APRIL 16, 2021 •STATEMENTS AND RELEASES WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate eight leaders to key Administration posts: Pamela Melroy – Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sarah Bianchi – Deputy United States Trade Representative Jayme White – Deputy United States Trade Representative Robin Ashton – Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency Robert Bonnie – Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, Department of Agriculture Gwen Graham – Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education Mara Karlin – Assistant Secretary for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, Department of Defense Taryn Williams – Assistant Secretary of Disability and Employment Policy, Department of Labor…

During his inaugural visit, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that additional troops would be stationed in Germany and praised the German government.  Berlin (dpa) - The USA will be increasing the number of its troops in Germany by 500 in the autumn, thus making a U-turn. Last summer, US President Donald Trump, who has since been voted out of office, was planning to withdraw 12,000 of the almost 35,000 US troops from Germany. During his inaugural visit to Berlin on Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that the additional troops would be stationed in the Hessian cities of…