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Depending on the exact nature of Priebus’ conversations and contacts with the FBI about the Russia investigation, it could constitute attempted obstruction of justice under federal law

A new study shows the legacy of racism far outweighs individual financial decisions in driving the growing gap between black and white families.

The Standing Rock activists have lit a fire on the prairie in the heart of America as a symbol of their resistance. In its ashes there is the potential for a more just future.

Journalists should not fear being on the wrong side of power. On the contrary, that is exactly where they belong.

The weather report is never good news, in Philip Fried's poem, about the atmospheric patterns of the nuclear age.

President Donald Trump wants to impose a police state on undocumented immigrants. Workplace raids - sometimes called 'silent raids' - have been a mainstay of immigration enforcement, will likely ramp up. Now - predawn raids, arrests and deportation of undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of the most minor criminal offenses, and stops of dark-complexioned motorists and pedestrians - will become the norm, in the new anti-immigrant policy to be soon rolled out.

The great American radical showed how ordinary people mattered more than stars - a lesson today's celebrities could do with learning. These are strange times for popular music and politics. On the one hand, the opposition to Donald Trump now extends so deeply into the entertainment industry that the president struggled to find any real talent willing to play his inauguration.