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I'm not capable of accurately describing the kindness, intensity and melancholy that were alloyed in Carl's character, or the profound role he played in deepening our commitment to the anti-war movement.

The robust Nation of today is the child of many parents, but the largest and oldest political weekly in the country owes a great debt to Betty Williams for her indispensable role during those rebuilding years.

The latter-day Mother Jones pushed her defense contractor employer to turn its swords into plowshares.

Former Senator Mark Hatfield was a hero to many of us who consider ourselves "New Evangelicals."

His writing anticipated our own media age of Facebook and Twitter.

Freud made the case through his art that no body type inherently possesses more capacity to compel than another.

Andrew Boyd was a prolific journalist and popular historian who for decades enlivened the Belfast writing scene with his trenchant opinions and researches into the city's history and politics who recently passed away.

A tribute to the writer, feminist and modern-day matriarch. 

Luper’s courage at a young age helped change the course of race relations in Oklahoma City.