Mike Davis, 'City of Quartz' author who chronicled the forces that shaped L.A., dies

The influential author scrapped boosterism for a dimmer view of a city shaped by developers, politicians and a militarized police force.

Charles Sherrod, civil rights activist with SNCC, dies at 85

He helped spearhead the Albany Movement, a campaign to desegregate an entire Georgia community. The effort drew organizers including Martin Luther King Jr.

Charles Sherrod, civil rights activist with SNCC, dies at 85

He helped spearhead the Albany Movement, a campaign to desegregate an entire Georgia community. The effort drew organizers including Martin Luther King Jr.

Charles Sherrod, civil rights activist with SNCC, dies at 85

He helped spearhead the Albany Movement, a campaign to desegregate an entire Georgia community. The effort drew organizers including Martin Luther King Jr.

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Aretha Franklin’s Unsealed FBI File Shows Bureau Tracked Her Civil Rights Activism | Portside

The FBI has declassified its file on the late Aretha Franklin. The document, which spans 270 pages and includes reports from more than a dozen states, shows that the FBI extensively tracked Frankli...

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, September 6th

“Before we send an innocent man to prison, shouldn’t we let him choose his own judge, bury the evidence, and set the entire system aflame?”

Opinion | The media shouldn’t amplify the GOP’s crazed anti-FBI rhetoric

Instead, the media should ask Republicans some tough questions.

Biden’s Assassination of al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Was Illegal

Before he was assassinated, Zawahiri did not pose an imminent threat.

How ‘Stop the Steal’ Captured the American Right (Published 2022)

The movement to reinstate President Trump has gone far beyond him — and now threatens the future of American elections.

Israeli Forces Keep Killing Americans While U.S. Officials Give Them a Pass

As Biden courts Israel after the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Rachel Corrie’s family is speaking out.

Egregiously Wrong: The Supreme Court’s Unprecedented Turn | David Cole

Over the course of the Supreme Court’s 232-year history, 110 men and six women have served as justices. Just a small handful of them have been

Diane Nash, Freedom Rider active in Alabama civil rights, awarded Medal of Freedom

It was the deadly 1963 Birmingham church bombing that prompted Nash and her then-husband, James Bevel, to plan the Selma campaign.

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White and Black: A Historian Traces African-American Influences in the United States (Published...

David Hackett Fischer’s “African Founders” examines the interplay of Black and white culture through the centuries.