Tag: Obituary

Since his death on December 30, tributes have been pouring in for John Pilger, an Australian journalist who gave voice to the voiceless and had a talent for putting human tragedies into a political context. Starting his career in the late 1950s working for daily newspapers in his native Sydney,...

On April 9th, Ramsey Clark passed away at his home surrounded by his family. Clark was Attorney General of the United States from 1967-1969 under Lyndon Johnson, during which time he led the way on voting rights for African-Americans, and school desegregation and drafted the landmark Civil Rights Act of...