Ireland, Spain & Norway Choose Death Over Dancing

The small gravel shed by the aging cracked pavement pressed painfully into my chin and forehead, so I turned my face to the side and moved my hands from behind my head to cushion my cheek, then shifted back again after a few moments, unsure what to do. Rocket attacks are not part of my daily routine.

Racism That Once Was, Is No More

Sixty years ago next month, Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois rallied his Republican colleagues to break the Southern Democrats' filibuster and enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964. With a nod to Victor Hugo, Dirksen said: "Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come."