The founder and proprietor of the Feral House publishing company, who died May 10, was one of America's most courageous and unconventional publishers.

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings," the science fiction writer said in a 2014 speech.

Jonah Peretti, the media company’s CEO, said Trump’s presidential campaign is akin to cigarette ads—“hazardous to our health.”

Six months after the Paris attack that claimed the lives of 12 staff members, the French magazine’s editor says it will no longer feature satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. "We've done our job," he said. "We have defended the right to caricature."

The new book takes place 20 years after the events described in the 1960 best-seller.

Popular sports commentator Bill Simmons was suspended by ESPN for violating editorial standards -- or was it because he criticized the NFL, which happens to have a $15 billion contract with the network?Popular sports commentator Bill Simmons was suspended by ESPN for violating editorial standards—or was it because he criticized the NFL, which happens to have a $15 billion contract with the network?

Only in the years that shrank the screen to your desk, then your hand, now your pocket -- and one day soon on your eyeglasses -- did it became apparent that throughout the print era the newspaper had been misnamed.

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