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The New York Public Library/Art Resource, NY What defines a prophet? Is it a moral compulsion to uphold justice? Here, the Prophet Isaiah weeps over Jerusalem in a sixteenth-century woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger. More

Public Domain/The British Library What is the common denominator that makes Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Amos, and Ezekiel all prophets? Above, the four living creatures of Ezekiel’s vision appear at the beginning of the Book of Ezekiel in this thirteenth-century copy of the Hebrew Bible. More

Public Domain/The British Library “What does Adonai your God ask of you,” the prophet Micah proclaimed, “but to do justice, and love mercy, and walk humbly with Adonai your God.” Above, a goat-shaped design appears on the first page of a thirteenth-century copy of the Book of Micah. More

Joseph Hodali “The current crisis in public and higher education has made it alarmingly clear that educators, artists, intellectuals, and youth need a new political and pedagogical language,” Henry Giroux writes. Here, Berkeley students protest the appointment of University of California President More

The hegemonic alliance of big business, the richest 5 percent of citizens, and the state is becoming more visible to the American public. More

SAGE Sweethearts share a tender moment at a gay pride event in Harlem that doubles as a public health fair organized by Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE). More

Youtube, Department of Defense Stills from a video of a drone strike uploaded to YouTube by the Department of Defense. In the United States, real footage of war is released for the public to watch. More

Last October a group of primarily Latina mothers sat in at this Chicago public school to get the school district to build a library and community center instead of selling part of the school property to a neighboring private school. More