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This weekend the African National Congress will choose a new president to replace Jacob Zuma, but all of the contenders have been, in varying degrees, complicit in Zuma's corrupt rule. While one needs to be cautious before suggesting an organization that has been at the center of freedom struggles for over a century will disappear, it is equally difficult to imagine the ANC ever regaining the moral stature and trust it once enjoyed, whoever is elected to lead the ANC.

Black Women Save America from Roy Moore. "I Want a Marriage Like They Had in the Bible." Doug Jones Wins in Alabama; Moore, Bannon and Trump Lose. How to Be the Perfect Rape Victim. R.I.P. The Internet.

The $8 detail in the Globe’s Spotlight series on race in Boston is not a typo.

'Making America Stupid Again': Outrage Over Forbidden 7 Words You Can't Say at Trump's CDC The existence of a list of reportedly banned words—including "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based"—was described by Sen. Kamala Harris as "downright ridiculous."

Police shoot far more people than anyone realized, a VICE News investigation reveals

Americans didn't magically suffer a collective collapse in self-discipline over the last four decades. So what changed? The economy, stupid.

Walmart workers will not be charged interest if they opt to obtain their wages in advance. But getting paid early, while it may solve an emergency cash shortage, will leave the workers with less money on payday.

In our age of cultural pluralism, mixing ethnicity, race, religion, gender, not to mention economics, the poet Diana Goetsch enjoys an evening celebrating what’s different and what’s not

It's been an extraordinary year. A year of unparalleled dangers, which we wont dwell on, as you know them well. Also a year that people invented new ways to assert themselves -- from athletes kneeling to women speaking out to voters flipping seats up and down the ballot. Just once a year we appeal to you to contribute to make it possible to continue this work. Please help.

Donald Trump is losing support from Fox viewers as his approval rating continues to suffer.