“Apartheid” is an ugly Dutch word that literally means “separateness.” In South Africa, different races were kept apart on ideological grounds. This meant that the majority of people were deprived of ...

The first group of white South African refugees arrived in the U.S. on Monday to be prioritized for resettlement by order of President Donald Trump — who made an exception as the refugee program ...

Tschirgi is a distinguished professor of practice at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. Tschirgi lives in Point Loma. Words matter. Words that touch deep political nerves ...

As Amnesty International joins Human Rights Watch in formally accusing Israel of committing the crime of "apartheid" against Palestinians, we look at the legal definitions of the hotly disputed term.

The questions were tucked toward the end of a lengthy poll of American Jewish voters: do you agree, the Jewish Electorate Institute asked respondents, “that Israel is an apartheid state?” Do you agree ...

The outside world has heard a great deal about South Africa’s policy of apartheid, but few people realize the fantastic extremes to which this segregation is carried, the expense and dislocations it ...

The world has long been aware of the scourge of apartheid -- the systemic segregation or discrimination of people based on their race. But what about the institutionalized practice of singling people ...

It has been a brutal week for Palestinians in Jerusalem. What is happening is the brutal daily reality of an occupying power, emboldened by unconditional US support and international apathy, ...

Review & Outlook: With the death of Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi comes a valuable reminder that the threat of Islamic extremism hasn’t gone away. Images: AFP/Getty ...