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‘Positive Obsession’ review: Riveting biography offers intimate look at Afrofuturist icon Octavia Butler
October 28, 2025New book explores the personal journals of the novelist, offering deeper look at her struggles for recognition, her working style, and her views on American political realities.
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We need more political atheists
October 28, 2025The Christians of the first century were called atheists and considered subversives because they did not salute the emperor but instead pushed toward a higher order. So must we.
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Japan’s Margaret Thatcher? Sanae Takaichi becomes first woman prime minister
October 21, 2025New PM, who refuses to acknowledge Japanese war crimes, will be a Trump ally in Asia-Pacific.
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East Germans still underpaid and ignored decades after unification
October 20, 2025Thirty-five years after reunification, East Germans earn less, hold fewer top positions, and are still defined by narratives written in the West.
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Militant workers from around the world honor 80 years of struggle
October 9, 2025Massive strike in Paris energizes celebration at gathering of World Federation of Trade Unions
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