After World War II, Nuremberg, Germany, was the site of trials of Nazi officials charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg trials were landmarks in the development of ...

A lawsuit in Texas is challenging a hospital’s requirement that its employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to work. The case isn’t going anywhere, legally speaking. But the central ...

A man calling himself the “vaccine police” posted a video on Facebook making unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 vaccines and the people administering them at a Walmart pharmacy in Missouri. The ...

Sixty-five years ago in Nuremberg, Germany, American prosecutors confronted the Nazi physicians who had subjected Jews and others to a murderous regime of medical research. The “doctors’ trial” was ...

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The European far right sees much to admire in the United States, with political leaders such as Marine le Pen of France and Geert Wilders of the Netherlands celebrating events — such as the recent ...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — This Nov. 20 marks 60 years since the Nuremberg trials began their work of redefining human rights — by appealing to a “higher law.” Benjamin Ferencz remembers. He had been sent to ...

From the dock at the Nuremberg trials, which began 70 years ago in November, the Nazi elite offered the standard excuse of the mass murderer. They were following orders. They were dutiful and obedient ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) George J Annas, Boston University (THE CONVERSATION) After World War II, Nuremberg, ...