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How a troubled army recruit from a privileged background became an angry advocate for veterans health care privatization.

“We’re reaching to more people now, particularly women and minorities, with activities in local communities like pre-apprentice programs,"says Paul Roldan, business manager of Building and General Construction Laborers Local 3.

Even as local and international relief efforts gear up, there is a need to also focus on broader global implications. The causal connection between climate change and extreme weather events, such as Cyclone Idai, is clear.

"The president can't ignore our laws to accomplish his goal of preventing people from seeking asylum here."

The abdication of President Bouteflika is a historic victory for the Algerian people — but the struggle for a true democratic transition is far from over.

Campus speech; Schooling for sale; Foodies' fate; Trump's camps; Hussle's gift; New holiday; Yearning to breathe free

Carlo Levi’s memoir, “Christ Stopped at Eboli,” was a literary sensation in post-Fascist Italy. Three decades later Francesco Rosi's film enshrined the book's neorealist credo--giving voice to the voiceless.

Japanese-American activist and Malcolm X Ally, Yuri Kochiyama, has died at the age of 93. She spent two years in an internment camp and helped win reparations for Japanese-Americans. She was with Malcolm X when he was assassinated. She inspired generations. Tributes from 18 Million Rising and the Asian American Studies Center at UCLA; links to some of her writings and interviews.

Events appear to be moving toward a political solution to the East-West standoff over Ukraine. But as Clausewitz once noted: "Against stupidity, no amount of planning will prevail." Conn Hallinan looks at the possibility of a resolution to the standoff in Ukraine.

On March 28 Brooklyn rock band The Shondes were disinvited from the Washington Jewish Music Festival, at which they were scheduled to perform on June 2, due to band members' views on Israel and Palestine. Jewish groups are now asking artists: "On behalf of the Jewish people, are you now or have you ever been a signatory to a boycott of Israel?" Shondes members, singer Louisa Rachel Solomon and violinist Elijah Oberman, wrote this open letter in response.