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Amend Constitution to add a right to vote

August 6, 2015 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

On Aug. 6, the Voting Rights Act will mark its 50th anniversary.Now it's time to demonstrate against the concerted campaign to undermine it.

A Middle East nuclear weapon-free zone: a vital next step

August 6, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

It's time and past time to look at the status of efforts to rid the world of what's been called the only true weapon of mass destruction.

Not everyone wanted to bomb Hiroshima

August 6, 2015 By Leo Maley III And Uday Mohan

Paul W. Tibbets Jr., retired brigadier general and former businessman, died on Nov. 1. He’ll forever be remembered for what he unleashed the morning of Aug. 6, 1945. That day Tibbets’ B-29 dropped an atomic bomb...

Thank you Pope Francis for talking about climate change

August 5, 2015 By John Karnuth

Pope Francis has brought a voice into the discussion around climate change that is merging the voices of science, religion, and politics.

Ten fateful days in Mississippi, March 1962

July 31, 2015 By Frederic Gordon

"In March 1962 I was a sophomore at Brandeis University, becoming increasingly aware of the broad social movements occurring across America."