EUGENE, Ore. — A tear fell on the last page. At least it might have been a tear. And it might have fallen on the last page. With Rich Clarkson, it's difficult to tell. Difficult to say whether al…
Three Russian feminist rockers rejected charges of hooliganism for performing a "punk prayer" in Moscow's main cathedral against Vladimir Putin's return as president as a trial against them opened in earnest on Monday. The charges could carry a punishment of up to seven years in prison.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr leads a kneeling protest in Selma, Alabama, 1965
The dramatic predicament of radical Russian punk collective Pussy Riot has become an international cause, drawing high-profile supporters like Madonna and Björk. The poignant image of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich awaiting their fate in a glass cage in a Moscow courtroom seems a visual archetype of vulnerability and defiance. The closing statements delivered by two of them -- which quoted famous Russian poets and philosophers -- seemed like something out of a movie.
Black Lives Matter supporters have now taken their protesting to a new level – harassing people in their own homes.
Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter...
Abbas became interested in religion while covering the Iranian Revolution. "I could see that the waves of passion [that were] raised by the Revolution were not going to stop at the borders," he says.
The regime remains, but cracks are showing.
Three days after 17 people were fatally shot in her Florida high school, Emma Gonzalez called BS on lawmakers' "thoughts and prayers."
Dear Heavenly Father,
To quote the bumper sticker: "What would Jesus do?"Assuming that he existed and held the views imputed to him, Jesus Christ would not support Donald Trump.Donald Trump's behavior, values, policies and their consequences are the opposite of what Jesus Christ represented. Trump has put migrants and re...
Prayer of the Ancestors When I was about 10 or so, I remember having memories of my great grand parents and hanging out with them in the Rancho in the outskirts of Mexicali. I vividly remembered that when my great grandparents spoke to me they spoke in Spanish and also in another dialect
Martin Luther King's daughter hit out at Trump and backed NFL players who knelt this weekend, saying that there were several people who also disapproved of her father's peaceful protests
Dozens of new laws proposed since Trump’s election seem designed to squash the right to protest.
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President Trump says the economy is the best ever. When you look at GDP growth rates, one quickly realizes he is gaslighting the American public. Each of the last three years of Obama’s economy were stronger than Trump’s 2019 once adjusted for trade, inventory impacts and government spending.
World monuments displayed solidarity with Belgians following the terrorist attacks in the Brussels Tuesday morning.
Native Americans and their supporters celebrated Sunday's decision to re-route the controversial pipeline, but the company isn't backing down yet.
Job loss is stressful and scary. You question your security and significance. “How will I pay the bills, get health care, find a new job?
Today’s service is here: To pray with us at 9 a.m., go here. The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord. I was glad when they said to me, &…
Nineteen senior investigators at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have called for the government agency to be disbanded in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
From parties to protests to prayer, music is a powerful catalyst for celebration, for change, and for a sense of community. Through making music together, we become bigger than ourselves. Whether singing with our families and friends or with thousands of strangers in an arena, music transforms lives, engages individuals, and connects local and global communities. The Social Power of Music chronicles the vivid, impassioned, and myriad ways in which music binds, incites, memorializes, and moves groups of people. This richly illustrated 124-page book, with 80+ tracks on 4 CDs, invites listeners into musical practices, episodes, and movements throughout the U.S. and beyond. These songs of struggle, devotion, celebration, and migration remind us that music has the potential to change our world.
On Wednesday, alt-right group Patriot Prayer got its permit for a weekend rally on federal land inside San Francisco. It was issued despite strong opposition...
Stranded cattle in Texas floods, serial killer provokes courtroom brawl, high-speed train crash and more.
In today's pictures, people release lanterns into the sky in Taiwan, competitors take part in a cross-country ski race in France, protesters share a prayer in Kiev, Ukraine, and more.
Afghans fight polio with vaccines, Brazilians protest government funding cuts and a cyclone in India takes down a large tree.
