It was the great Audre Lorde (who would've turned 85 years old this past February 18), a poet and feminist writer, who once said, "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and ...

A U.S. airman died after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 25 in order to protest what he called a “genocide” of Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas war.

This excerpt from The Satoshi Papers explores how self-sovereignty challenges centralized power in a world drifting toward surveillance and control. This story does not end well. Without principled ...

Self-immolation is the act of setting fire to oneself. Once considered a rare event in the United States, there has been an increase in cases of self-immolation in the U.S. These were not from ...

A study has found that damage to the prefrontal cortex in the brain that helps with self-control and reasoning could intensify one's political feelings, while damage to brain structure 'amygdala', ...

Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc is doused with gasoline during a protest demonstration in Saigon, on June 11, 1963. Credit - Malcolm Browne—AP A U.S. airman died after setting himself on fire in front ...