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For decades anthropologists exploited Indigenous peoples in the name of science. Now they are reckoning with that history

How the American system can, and often does, protect tyrannical and overbearing minorities, like the architects of Jim Crow.

A summit in Israel, at a decisive moment, highlighted the tensions that have rendered the nation an outlier among democratic states.

And set an example for other right-wing leaders

Communities, not corporations, should own our most vital health care assets.

The “Truth Hurts” singer searches for new backup dancers in the uplifting Prime Video competition series.

A post-Covid jobs recovery has strengthened workers’ hand – companies posting record profits don’t need government to slow the economy

An interview with Eric Foner, Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.

Also -- Not a single living person of color got into the Rock Hall this year. Among the Class of 2014, only the late Clarence Clemons—inducted as a sideman with the E Street Band—is black. (For the record, this has happened only once before in the Hall’s 28-year history: In 2003, the only black inductee was deceased sideman Benny Benjamin.)

... To our friends near and far, if you believe that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, join us for the Moral March on Raleigh.