Rohingya Muslims are facing an ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
Ekhlas was 14 years old when Islamic State militants attacked the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar in August 2014. Her family tried to flee to nearby Mount Sinjar, but they never made it.
By now, most young feminist are aware of the well-documented efforts students have made to push back against sexist dress codes. Administrators and teachers across the country continue to shame their female students for wearing “revealing” tank tops and shorts, claiming their exposed skin “distracts” male students. These dress codes, young feminists claim, are an affront to feminist progress...
Our government has a way of minimizing its destructive influence on the minorities of this nation by convincing us that we’re the problem—that we’re all out to get each other and everyone else—so we lose focus on the systemic oppression inflicted upon us by our highest-ranking officials and start to point fingers at each other, until we reach mutually assured destruction.
Last year Sierra Leone seemed on the verge of legalizing abortion for the first time in 150 years. Last-minute intervention by religious leaders derailed the bill, and now the US global gag rule poses an additional obstacle.
More American women are turning away from religion. Marcie Bianco explores why this bodes well for feminism.
Journalist Dilshad D. Ali, who has been covering stories about US Muslims for 15 years, asks: Is there reason for the Muslim community to feel hopeful?
A teen religious dissenter, forced to flee her country, now speaks out against religious fundamentalism.
