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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is continuing the city’s tradition of refusing to apologize for the torture of scores of black men under police commander Jon Burge.

If the Catholic Church is to change, the first thing that needs to happen is no pope, and certainly not an infallible one.

Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger’s Jews and Words.

Glenn Harris discusses the goals and tactics of Seattle's unique "Race and Social Justice Initiative."

Joseph Anton is a tale of betrayals: of free speech, communities, religion, marriages, personal convictions, friends.

Rarely has the McCarthyite smear of “anti-Semitism” been revealed to be so empty as in the case of Obama’s DoD nominee.

It’s tempting to let the GOP continue its slide toward irrelevance—but that would deny this country the robust political debate we need.

At long last, this may be the year Washington puts the brakes on Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian lands. 

The formerly Grand Old Party’s cosmetic changes won’t win them the next election.

The Fox News owner resorted to an anti-Semitic canard in attacking alleged media bias against Israel.