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One hundred years ago today, Robert Francis Kennedy was born. Fifty-six years ago he was murdered in a hotel kitchen having just narrowly won the California presidential primary. Of the many events that brought us down this dirty pot mark road to our Trumpian dystopia the murder of Robert Kennedy is one that casts backwards like glaring red warning light. Do something about the avalanche of guns, America's firm belief that violence is always the answer to any problem,e

In August of 1999 I moved from the desolate state of Oklahoma to Des Plaines Ilinois. A half hour train ride away from Chicago. The...

The great sin of American life is race. Our forefathers,the most brillant collection of men ever assembled, foolishly declared blacks to...

Today I went into Chicago proper with one goal. To visit for perhaps the last time a place that has given me enormous joy over the past...

A powerful novel about courage and how heroines are made. Read it for the superb writing. Read because the heroes of June fourth 1989...