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A recent shooting recalls the decades of abuse inflicted on the city's African-American community by police.

Electing green-minded leaders, stopping climate deniers from capturing office, and opposing fossil-fueled ultra-nationalism is the only realistic path to a habitable planet.

Reagan's dangerous myth of US innocence has transformed into an even more toxic form in Trump's candidacy.

“Hispanic Heritage Month” is the one month out of the year where I get to remind you, boldly, that we matter and that we exist.

The fact that the press is not reporting on the continuing violence at Donald Trump's rallies reflects an acceptance that is troubling.

Trump's courtroom contenders could seriously jeopardize women's and civil rights.

When politicians rush to demonize Islam and lump all Muslims with terrorists, it falls to a few “go-to” Muslim public intellectuals to try to talk sense into the US.

“Moral idiocy” is a long-standing cultural flaw that often gives license to the violence that law and cultural mores are trying to control.

Trade unionists in India staged a nationwide strike last week that affected key sectors of the nation's economy.

Student income loans are a form of indenture, transferring wealth upward to investors and risk downward to youth.