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Nations authorize ‘systemic racism’ report

The U.N. Human Rights Council approved a resolution calling for a report on systemic racism and police brutality against Black people.

By Arete News - June 19, 2020

Youth-led U.S. demonstrators at Baltimore, Md., raise hands for racial justice in George Floyd's killing (AN/Elvert Barnes)

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