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Shirley Collins turns 90 this summer; a timely reissue of her first LP reveals much about the magic cast by her over the last 67 years.
Maine artist Robert Shetterly said the late Albany civil rights leader epitomized his two-decade portrait project, “Americans ...
Peniel Joseph writes about this pivotal year in his new book, "Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights ...
In addition to the greater societal conflict this move entailed, it also entailed a lot of personal controversy between Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger. Allegedly, when Bob Dylan went electric ...
A conversation about memory, movement-building and the sacred work of staying connected. In this stirring episode of Complexified, we sit down with scholar, poet and community elder Rachel Harding ...
Jemele Hill and Scott Jennings spar on CNN over transgender rights. The Long Shadow Of Bill Clinton Over The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ The longest standing ovation at Cannes? A whopping 22 ...
A water fountain. A lunch counter. A seat on a public bus. Access to these things might sound simple, but the Civil Rights Movement thrust them deeply and permanently into our national fabric ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
It marks a dramatic turn for the storied division, which was created during the civil rights movement and the push to end racial segregation. For almost 70 years, it has sought to combat ...
This division has been the enforcement arm of many of the laws born from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, in which Black people fought to be treated as equals. The laws also laid the ...
Here in America, it’s never been more urgent for religious institutions of all faiths to follow his moral lead and stand up for the civil rights protections being systematically stripped from our ...