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For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back

Adolphe Duperly’s painting depicting the destruction of the Roehampton Estate in Jamaica during the Baptist War in January 1832. Wikimedia Commons by Ana Lucia Araujo,...

The splendid life of Jimmy Carter − 5 essential reads

Cuban leader Fidel Castro checks out former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s pitching form prior to a baseball game in Havana in 2002. Sven Creutzmann/Mambo...

Removing Cuba from list of countries ‘not fully cooperating’ over terrorism may presage wider rapprochement – if politics allows

Will the US election put the brakes on any attempt to engage with Cuba? Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images by Jason M. Blazakis, Middlebury The U.S....

Many immigrants to the US are fleeing violence and persecution − here’s how the federal government can help cities absorb them

The men’s dormitory at a new center for asylum-seekers in Portland, Maine. Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images by Karen Jacobsen, Tufts University Immigration has...

The splendid life of Jimmy Carter – 5 essential reads

by Howard Manly, The Conversation In Mark 8:34-38 a question is asked: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole...

Jimmy Carter’s African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator and defender of rights

by Nancy Mitchell, North Carolina State University When historians and pundits praise Jimmy Carter’s achievements as the US president and extol his exemplary post-presidential years,...

Cruz may be first Hispanic president, but rejects the label

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — After his big win in the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz is one step closer to becoming the first Hispanic...

In final year, Obama seeks to stave off lame-duck status

WASHINGTON (AP) — In June, during one of the best stretches of his presidency, Barack Obama strode through a West Wing hallway exclaiming, "Offense!...

Travel 2016: Rio, Super Bowl 50, Cuba, National Museum of African American History

Rio and Cuba. The Pope's Year of Mercy and artist Christo's walk on water. Philadelphia, Cleveland and the next U.S. president. Super Bowl in...

Rihanna and Mick Jagger party as gold-rush mood grips Havana

HAVANA (AP) — By midnight, the basement of one of Havana's hottest clubs is packed wall-to-wall for a private concert by one of Cuba's...

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