Tag: Nelson Mandela

U.S. sanctions provide countries with the opportunity to examine their priorities and put in place self-sustaining ventures.

Geopolitically, China has been playing to win.

After enforcing apartheid for years, the departed South African leader was remarkably brave and astute to end it.

We cannot dispute that being victims of apartheid, the fate of our Palestinian brothers and sisters is intricately mingled with ours.

We still get surprised when we get news of high-profile divorces, but we probably should not because we already have good examples.

Within the struggles around different issues and groups, there is no shortage of leaders who use hate and opposition to mobilize people.

Many of us tend to see him as an aberration in the U.S. democratic experiment ... and sincerely hope he will either be impeached or lose the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Hearing the former Democratic president plea for more solidarity and humanity was inspiring. Reassuring, too. But it was also … frustrating.

"Through his sacrifice and unwavering leadership and, perhaps most of all, through his moral example, Mandela … came to embody the universal aspirations of dispossessed people all around the world."