Obituary
Best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Stephen Hawking, dies
March 14, 2018“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”
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Carry On: A poem for Jim Baldridge
January 26, 2018Like everyone else, activists too come to the end of our time on Earth. Those who are left to mourn seek comfort where they can find it, perhaps most of all in acknowledging lasting influences, enduring...
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Native American activist Dennis Banks dies at age 80
November 2, 2017“I want to be remembered as somebody who stood up when it was time to stand up. Nothing more."
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Operatic soprano Brenda Lewis remembered by a friend
September 28, 2017I had the singular privilege of knowing the American soprano Brenda Lewis for almost forty years. She died at her Westport, Conn., home on September 16, at the age of 96. When I last spoke with...
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Ricky Eisenberg in our thoughts
September 12, 2017A musician, a carpenter, a devoted family man - Ricky Eisenberg worked his whole life toward the humane and just goal of a socialist order.
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