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A bomb that killed a Russian military blogger echos across past and future

Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.

Justin Pearson, was one of two Black representatives ousted from the Tennessee legislature, speaks out before Thursday’s vote: the legislature ‘does not want diversity of people nor diversity of thought, and they do not want democracy.’

For over 20 years, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas has been treated to luxury vacations by billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow.

No stranger to blue-collar work herself, she pushed for equality in male-dominated unions and as a writer chronicled the struggles of “sisters in the brotherhoods.”

Schools may be in trouble, assesses Vermont poet Ann Fisher, but not the fault of students who create their own “precipitation” despite “all the measured wisdom/ we’ve provided.”

There is nothing weak about Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump. Big cases involving powerful, high-profile individuals have been handled by the Manhattan DA for decades. That was proved most recently by the conviction of the Trump Organization

Israeli analysts say the Biden administration thinks Netanyahu "has lost his mind," there is a growing likelihood of Jewish inter-communal violence, and the country is losing its ability to fight the apartheid label.

The world was surprised first by Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and then by his army's failure to capture Kyiv and obliterate the government of Volodymyr Zelensky. In truth, though, we Americans probably shouldn't have been.

Russia should withdraw its troops, there should be a cease-fire, and negotiations. Writer David Bacon wrote this in response Michael Kazin's earlier piece, "Reject the Left Right Alliance Against Ukraine," after Finland's admission to NATO.