I have been forced to live in a 4½-by-11-foot cage against my will. Only literature can offer an escape from my hellish existence.

Many Southern whites continue to lie to themselves and the world about the Civil War and the antebellum South. These lies perpetuate the evil they seek to hide.

Filmmaker Raoul Peck struggles to find tension in his look at the communist founder’s salad days.

The tale of Jesus’ birth is not for oppressors. It is for the oppressed. And what is quaint and picturesque to those who live in privilege is visceral and empowering to those the world condemns.

Want to make America great? Demand an end to war—at home and abroad—as Martin Luther King Jr. did.

In one year, the Donald Trump regime has wrought immense damage to democracy, culture and thought. But there’s new hope.

The Los Angeles Press Club honors Paul Von Blum in the Books/Art/Design category for "his excellent critical analysis [and] incisive commentary." Also honored are columnist Chris Hedges and critic Jordan Riefe.

Recent attempts to quash the freedom to speak reflect the know-nothing intolerance afflicting this nation.

Tolupans have been struggling to save ancestral lands from miners and loggers since a U.S.-supported junta took control of the country.