Longtime and newly enlisted women activists are rallying relentlessly against the war in Iraq.

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In a rare interview, Maya Angelou, now 80, discusses her 29th tome, the virtues of courage and a never-before published story of nearly being beaten to death by an ex-lover.

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A housing project hoodlum becomes an Olympic fencer, then spends weekends passing the tools of his trade to a new generation of kids who are up against it.

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Bernice L. King savors her scant real-live memories of her famously slain father, but also wrestles the ghosts of Martin Luther King Jr.

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A new generation of feminists expands the boundaries, breaking decades-old conventions of women's rights.

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With a screenplay based on Haitian liberator Louverture, actor-activist Danny Glover pushes for more roles for minority actors, and for more filming Africa.

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Infected decades ago with HIV, survivors go on with the unfinished business of their lives.

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