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The gravest of international crimes was outlawed in the 1940s after the atrocities of the Holocaust. But it took decades to convict anyone of genocide—and the term has since become a political weapon.

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The international laws against genocide were deliberately crafted to prevent the US from being held accountable for its crimes against Black and Indigenous people. An anti–Joe Biden sign from a ...

Children stand beside the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Nov. 12, 2023. Credit - Rizek Abdeljawad—Xinhua/Getty Images More than ...