In the USA, cops killed a total of 1,134 people in 2015 including 50-year-old Siolosega Velega-Nuufolau. In Brazil, cops robbed and tortured a group of youth on Christmas night. In Zambia, civilians clash with cops in the streets.

In 2015, the USA’s police killed more than 1,115 people, including 19-year-old student Quintonio Legrier and 57-year-old mother of five, Bettie Jones.

This week, German neo-Nazis held an anti-immigration march in southern Leipzig. Thousands of anti-facists showed up in protest. In response, about a dozen counter-protests were set up. Police responded by tear-gassing and pepper-spraying protesters.

For those of us dealing with holiday melancholy, struggling with the thick and clear memories of the year, here is to letting go of 2015.

Daniel Hoytzclaw was found guilty of 18 out of 36 charges of rape and sexual assault, and anarchists clash with police in Greece, Finland and India.

Beyond Words: Introducing our new book column by Jaime Chu. It's like that scene in Beauty in the Beast where Belle gets introduced to the Beast's library but like, your life.

From Guyana to Brooklyn, Aunt Donna's way of doing things meant the world to me. And even though Aunt Donna's gone now, what I learned from her – to give and to care – still sustains me.

Next year, millions of Americans will turn out to the polls to select the next commander-in-chief of this great nation. But are the candidates who’ve received the most play on television and in the newspapers really the ones we need to be paying attention to?

After the attacks in Paris, French authorities banned public protests. Despite the ban, thousands of protesters hit the streets of Paris during COP21.

As the year closes, as the darkest days approach, a new planetary alignment is forming. Corina Dross brings you the December horoscopes to help you focus your energies this month.

When life’s in disarray, can sex help us keep it together?

People often ask me for relationship advice so I am finally throwing the dog a bone. You asked, I answered, and I apologize in advance but honestly, you got yourself into this mess.

Welcome to The It’s Over Issue, I would say make yourself at home but we’re on the offensive retreat – walking out, slamming doors, breaking up, leaving trends and scenes and lives behind, and like Reina Gossett said, always ready to opt out in so many beautiful ways.