Obituary

Tucson mourns Jon Miles, one of its favorite activists

March 21, 2022 By Joe Bernick

For 25 years he greeted everyone attending Salt of the Earth Labor College.

Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives

January 24, 2022 By Combined Sources

Sidney Poitier was the rare performer who really did change lives, who embodied possibilities once absent from the movies.

Clyde Bellecourt, Indigenous rights warrior, journeys to Spirit World at 85

January 19, 2022 By Albert Bender

At an early age, he was imbued with a sense of rage at the historic mistreatment of Native Americans. In 1968, he was one of the co-founders of the American Indian Movement.

Remembering Archbishop Desmond Tutu: An encounter in Hawaii

January 4, 2022 By Ed Rampell

Desmond Tutu may have been slight in height but he was a colossus in stature.

bell hooks cambió nuestra forma de pensar sobre la feminidad, la clase y el capitalismo

January 3, 2022 By Chauncey K. Robinson

El mundo perdió a una pensadora pionera y feminista esta semana. La profesora y activista social Gloria Jean Watkins, más conocida por su seudónimo bell hooks, falleció a la edad de 69 años.