“The military is not apolitical. It never has been, and it should not try to be.” Jim Golby and Mara Karlin say that it is time for the military to figure out how to appropriately engage in politics and outline three key steps military leaders can take to help educate their troops and alleviate concerns of partisanship across the ranks.
Government-sanctioned discrimination and violence have deliberately deprived communities of color of systematic financial investment. Makada Henry-Nickie argues that financial institutions that have long profited from the business of discrimination have an ethical obligation to finance America’s journey to racial equity.
For the United States to successfully advance human rights globally, the country must address its long-standing issues of structural racism and inequality. “If we do not have the will to meet this moment, we may well be witnessing the end times of human rights and the ultimate undermining of our democracy,” Sarah Mendelson writes.
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