Opera singer and producer Earl Hazell reminds us that standing up for artists and their vision is standing up for free speech, democracy, and ourselves.

This week our readers discussed black feminism and the alleged killing of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.  We print your letters for “

Instead of succumbing to xenophobia and nativism, as with anti-Somali sentiment in Kenya or ADOS in the US, we need to pursue freedom in ways that speak to our differences.

Millions of Venezuelans are building socialism from below, and most of them are Black, brown and female.

The atrocities committed by white male shooters are part and parcel of US behavior both domestically and around the world.