Opinion

Jeanne Theoharis and Erik Wallenberg: The unknown history of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago housing movement

Chicago’s movement too often appears as a failure, but Black residents organized to expose the city’s relentless segregation in housing.

A voters guide to democratic socialism: It isn’t what most people think

Despite what conservatives say, democratic socialism is not anti-capitalist and is certainly not communism, writes Kalman ...

Clara Ester, Who Was With Martin Luther King Jr. in His Last Moments, Dies at 78

A Memphis college student and activist, she witnessed Dr. King’s assassination in 1968 when he was shot at his motel and ran ...

Revered pianist Oliver Jones transformed the jazz scene in Montreal and beyond

Jazz pianist Oliver Jones was a prodigy comfortable with his family’s Layton Brothers piano by the time he was three. At five ...

AI Video After Sora: 3 Updates You Should Make Before You Publish

I built my five-pillar framework in April. Four months later, Sora's shutdown and YouTube's purge proved Pillar 5 right.

Boston writer Norm Finkelstein, whose YA books championed Jewish heroes, dies at 82

Finkelstein was an acclaimed author of nonfiction books and biographies for older children, including many on Jewish subjects.