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"Voices of Genocide" opens as activists at Northwestern and University of Chicago demand divestment from Israel.

The Gaza deaths resemble the pattern of general warfare and are manifestly dissimilar to instances of actual genocide. There is no statistical warrant to justify the claim that Israel is committing g

Robin DG Kelley — The UN’s failure to dismantle the colonial order foreclosed the application of the Genocide Convention to Israel, South Africa, and the United States.

Christian leaders in Britain have asked the UK Government to formally recognize the deaths of Armenians during World War I as a “genocide.”

As an American, I share the deep sorrow over my country’s complicity in this horrific crime against humanity.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts on genocide, the attempted or intentional destruction of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group, whether in wartime or peace.

The World Premiere of Catherine Filloux’s How to Eat an Orange will host special post-performance conversations on Sunday, June 2 and Sunday, June 9 with Alexander Santiago-Jirau from New York Theatre Workshop, Marguerite Feitlowitz, author of A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Terror, and playwright Catherine Filloux.

There was significant reader reaction to my recent column &#34Defining genocide isnt easy.&#34

(RNS) — Red wine, or white, for Passover? This year, why you might choose white wine.

Opening May 1, the exhibition explores how and why genocide continues to occur across geography and time through the testimonies of survivors and...