The victory Black people (and their supporters) achieved in the U.S. South in the 1960s assured they could vote, hold political office, and benefit from ...

The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called ‘Trump Gaza proposal,’ which appears to be little more than a ...

Once upon a time the Iranian government was under the thumb of and in service to the interests of the United States and its Middle East colonial outpost, ...

The fatal flaw in Donald Trump's scheme to whitewash American history of its most depraved and embarrassing episodes is that his administration is committing new acts of barbarity and stupidity in ...

Health care access in this country is in grave danger — and your wallet could be, too. Those facts are key to understanding the latest government ...

Chicago is now ground zero in the Trump fascist regime’s assault on democracy, the rule of law, social justice, decency, and the common good. Recent events here (I am writing from the Loop) include a ...

In 1999, the Supreme Court recognized in that the “‘constitutional right to travel from one State to another’ is firmly embedded in our jurisprudence.” Unless federal agents secretly disapprove of you ...

A New Medication Could Relieve Pain Without Addiction Risk. Red Tape is Getting in the Way There is a deep irony in the pain of losing someone you love to ...

In the South we often say the kitchen is the “heart of the home.” It’s a place that brings family and friends together to cook, converse, and connect.

I always scoffed at “First They Came,” the often quoted, 1946 poem by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller. There are several versions of it, but the best-known starts “First they came for the ...

Who doesn’t know that President Donald Trump desperately wants a Nobel Peace Prize and said bitterly, “They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. It’s ...

Policies to provide affordable rental housing have been inadequate since the 1960s, and they have only gotten worse in recent ...