On December 15, the world lost an iconic writer, feminist, scholar, and Black woman by the name of bell hooks. Karjean Levine / Getty Images She passed away at the age of 69 at her home in Berea, ...

The crackle of distant gunfire occasionally comes with the territory in rural Tehama County, Calif., two hours north of Sacramento. But the shots that rattled school secretary Sara Lobdell the week ...