Massacre of Jesuits in El Salvador: 20 Years Later
Two decades after the murder of six Jesuit professors, El Salvador is celebrating the end of right-wing rule and the first peaceful transfer of power in nearly 200 years.
“[I] Pray For Barack Obama To Die And Go To Hell”: The Story The Media Missed
When an Arizona man brought guns to an Obama speech the story went unnoticed by a media prone to seeing such people as lone nuts. A look at the sermons of his virulently anti-gay pastor who’s been praying for Obama’s death, however, reveals similarities to a far right theology associated with militias, radical prolifers, and proponents of theocracy.
Conservative bogeyman? Militant black nationalist? Cool screen-print? This quintessential intellectual was so much more.
Op-Ed: Liberal Hatred
When do seemingly manageable ideological differences within a functioning democracy become something more treacherous?
King as Inspiration, Not Guide
On the 40th anniversary of his assassination, we honor Martin Luther King by refusing to ask: “What would King think?”