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Robin D. G. Kelley
The U.S. turns a blind eye on the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres.
Lauren Carasik
Radical gay liberation laid the ground for the moderate legal gains of gay rights.
Michael Bronski
After fourteen years, Mohamedou Ould Slahi may finally have a chance at freedom.
Henry Ace Knight
The country needs a political rebirth.
Mahmood Mamdani
The UN's World Humanitiarian Summit came up empty-handed.
Elizabeth Cullen Dunn
Suddenly conservatives want us to believe they care about homophobia.
The West likes morality plays with clear heroes and villains, in which we play the role of savior.
Alex de Waal
Comic books can document the horrors of war better than photos.
Elizabeth Hand
The past-due revival of Lola Ridge: poet, editor, feminist, and political activist.
Terese Svoboda
The neglect and abuse of Pakistan's tribal areas.
Umar Farooq
Freedom needs the dignity that only our community can give us.
Melvin Rogers
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