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The reality seized me that I had been playing much too small as a writer, covering and commenting on society and its systems rather than truly challenging them.

How Ecofascists Are Fueling Racism and Deadly Violence

As momentum builds around efforts to divert public funds to private schools, lawmakers and advocates should recommit to opposing harmful voucher bills and supporting greater investment in public education.

A violent end in a violent time? It's got the world wondering.

125 years after his birth, Paul Robeson, the civil rights titan, remains a role model for battling racism and fascism. The words written on his gravestone: “The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.”

Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure

The prediction that these divisions could undermine the Israeli state from within seems premature at this stage. But there is no doubt that they have exposed serious cracks in the Zionist edifice – ones that may well widen over the coming years.

"While we are looking to the stars, we should not readily sacrifice communities, habitat, and species," said a Center for Biological Diversity senior attorney.

While the president once pitched himself as “a bridge” to a new generation of Democratic leaders, he has decided that he is not ready to turn the torch over yet.

A number of moderate Democrats have remained silent on whether they support Julie Su’s nomination for labor secretary.