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An homage to the esteemed late novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Roth, who died on May 22, leaving a legacy of thick description of an American culture where, in Roth's ironic words, “everything goes and nothing matters."

On June 27, the Supreme Court delivered a blow to public sector unions that could affect many library workers. More than a quarter of librarians (26.2%) and around one-fifth of library technicians (19.3%) and library assistants 22.7%) are members.

Mandela was not just "a brilliant political tactician and legal mind, but also an exquisite writer," says reviewer Goff. These letters give us a man of high ideals whose "fight for survival" in prison adds Goff, "would have broken many of us."

Russian money saved Trump when his projects were on the verge of collapse. Will it now be the cause of his political demise?

Ethiopia agreed to a border commission study that awarded most of the territory disputed by the two countries to Eritrea, ending a state of conflict that followed a 1998-2000 war that cost 80,000 lives and displaced more than 6 million people.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani issued a warning to the U.S. and President Donald Trump, saying, "You are not in a position to move against the security and interests of this country."

The Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE) and LittleSis have released a report, Ban Them: Taking on the Corporations Behind the Muslim Ban, which looks at the companies that profit off anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant policies

As an organization with many members who have disabilities, Hand in Hand is making important connections between immigrant liberation and disability justice.

Trump Boots Reporter; Tronc Stomps; Sinclair Slime; Facebook's Wrist Slap; Con Game; Too Late for Lopate?; Watching the Watchers

“If Americans are convinced that their stiff-upper-lip brand of silence in the face of collective murder is the true face of patriotism, then we are condemned as a nation to follow the path of empires that preceded us.” - Doug Rawlings