Bernd Debusmann

The 2016 U.S.

Black Lives Matter, the grassroots protest movement that grew from the 2013 killing of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, is sending a blunt message to Democratic contenders for next year’s presidential elections: Don’t take the vote of African Americans for granted if you don’t make racial equality a key topic of your campaign.

The world is witnessing the worst refugee crisis since World War II, with almost 60 million people driven from their homes by wars and persecution.

Fifty years ago, the U.S.

Judging from a string of public opinion polls over the past two years, President Barack Obama has been conducting foreign policy in line with the wishes of the majority.