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Even offensive questions are welcome and are answered. The goal, to create empathy for a stranger, is one of the most effective ways to ease cultural tension, experts say.

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

The Reagan-appointed judge's opinion was remarkable in its candid assessment of the Trump administration’s effort to squelch political speech in general — not just on college campuses — and Trump’s autocratic tendencies as a leader.

California Governor Gavin Newsom urges schools not to sign the ‘radical agreement’ Trump has proposed to impose cuts to departments, students and speech. He vows that schools that sign Trump's 'compact' will 'instantly' lose state funding.

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For refusing to sign a loyalty oath she was barred from practicing law, targeted by the FBI. Founder of Berkeley’s Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, pioneered the field of “peace law,”wrote the resolution establishing Berkeley-a Human Rights City

The Global Sumud Flotilla the latest humanitarian mission to try to breach Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza drew around 500 participants from nearly 50 countries. Israeli forces intercepted the mission in international waters on Wednesday evening.

On Wednesday, over 550 celebrities relaunched a group first organized during the post-World War II Red Scare: the Committee for the First Amendment. Their intent is to stand up in what they call a "defense of our constitutional rights,"

A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin’s Freedom Budget is the key to understanding the appeal of the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor. The class-based universalistic politics of the socialists of the 60s and ’70s hold important lessons for today.