One boxer remembers Ali
Muhammad Ali, who lived from January 17, 1942 to June 3, 2016, may not have been the best boxer to ever live, but he may have been the greatest human to have boxed.
Celebrating Spanish Civil War veteran and lifelong activist Delmer Berg
The life of the last surviving member of the Lincoln Brigade was celebrated May 21 by friends and family.
Fifty years out of college and finally (almost) normal
Over the weekend of June 2-5 I'll be attending my Yale Class of 1966 50th reunion in New Haven, Conn.
Peace activist, Jesuit priest Daniel Berrigan dies at 94
His defiant protests helped shape Americans' opposition to the Vietnam War, and they landed The Rev. Daniel Berrigan behind bars.
American-Russian analyst laments the new Cold War
American-born Justin Lifflander, graduate of Cornell University, arrived in Russia (then the USSR) in 1987 as a driver-mechanic for the U.S. embassy in Moscow.
Capturing and punishing the bombers won't end terrorism
How we respond to that resistance is what we need to examine; if the response is force, we can hardly complain when we find ourselves the target of "asymmetrical violence" - terrorism.
Delmer Berg, last of the Lincoln Brigade vets, dies at 100
The Lincoln Brigade was 2,800 men and women, African-American, Latino and white, who volunteered to defend Spain's elected government from Franco and his fascists.
The legacy of Spain and the Lincoln Brigade
When I think about Spain, I think about the people who taught me to fight for a different world, for a vision of a just society, a socialist society.
Who has the most to gain by going to war?
We should not fear cutting the military budget; strong and healthy communities make for a strong nation.
Confederate flag, like the swastika, has no place in our future
What is behind "Stars and Bars," Calhoun Streets and Robert E. Lee statues-lynchings and mass incarceration, police bullying and murder of African Americans.
