Imagine being Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish existentialist. The command to "love your neighbor as yourself" was not confusing for him. It was a challenge—a deeply personal and moral imperative. For ...

Political discourse in the United States consists largely of lies and confusions. One of the greatest of lies and confusions, which I hope to help dispel in this article, is the common delimitation of ...

Freedom is a word that turns up with embarrassing frequency in rock-and-roll songs. How we love to free-associate about freedom. On occasion, we’re good for a “Chimes of Freedom” (at least Bob Dylan ...

Imari Paris Jeffries and Miriam Ortiz understand liberation as a love language, not just in their community work, but with one another, too. A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black love as our past, ...

The Freedom Affair is timeless soul music for the spirit and dancefloor. Fronted by three awe-inspiring singers — Paula Saunders, Shon Ruffin, and Seyko Groves — they make deeply funky message-music ...

Jussie Smollett, who stars on Empire as a budding recording artist, has proven in the past that he has the real-life chops to pursue a music career—just check the show's multiple soundtracks. In 2018, ...

Freedom in the United States is a word that has had more than one meaning. It has meant freedom for some people and the repression of others. In a democracy, freedom also means the right to take part ...