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What if I told you that evangelical Christians were the original social justice warriors? Seems unlikely, I know, but keep reading. One of my favorite Evangelical Christians in the 18th and 19th centuries worked for progressive social reform on behalf of the poor and oppressed.

Since John Roberts was confirmed as chief justice in 2005, the court has ruled in favor of religious organizations 83 percent of the time, chipping away at the "wall of separation" envisioned by Thomas Jefferson.

At 82, the jazz legend will this weekend be one of the oldest performers ever to grace Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage. He recalls his career highs, from making his hip-hop classic Rockit to working with Thundercat

It’s too late to worry about a return to the 1970s, writes Barry Norris, founder of Argonaut Capital – we’re already there. The more important question for investors now is: what can you do about it?

A conversation with historian Donna Murch about the past, present, and future of Black radical organizing.

“The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis De Tocqueville” by Olivier Zunz; Princeton University Press (456 pages, $35)

In "The Man Who Understood Democracy," Olivier Zunz, an emeritus professor of history at the University of Virginia and editor, among other books, of "The Tocqueville Reader," provides an informative biography of De Tocqueville, whose understanding of liberty and equality has remained immensely influential for almost 200 years.

School District 28 in Queens, N.Y., has a Northside and a Southside. To put it simply, the Southside is Black and the farther north you go, the fewer Black people you see. But it wasnt always like this. Once the home to two revolutionary experiments in integrated housing, the Southside of the district served as a beacon of interracial cooperation. So what happened between then and now?

On a recent morning on the Upper West Side, bassist and bandleader Ron Carter sat on the far end of a plush, rust-colored sofa in his spacious 10th-fl