This Bisexual Awareness Week, I’m not asking for every single person across America to accept bisexual people for what we know we already are: valid.
Elsie Robinson was once the most famous American newspaper writer, but she, along with many other notable women, has been all but forgotten.
Universities across the U.S. love to say how diverse, inclusive, and welcoming they are. But these claims are undermined when you can be told you’re going to hell because of your personal beliefs in your daily life on campus.
In her upcoming memoir “This Arab Life: A Generation’s Journey into Silence,” Amal Ghandour weaves personal history to offer a thoughtful meditation on the veil's place within a modern Middle East.
Season premiere! Robin explains what Biden has really done and, unlike SCOTUS, exposes the actual positions of our Colonial-era Founders on abortions. Guest: Claire Atkin of Check My Ads, on defunding misinformation online—even at Fox News!
After some very promising campaign pledges, activists are giving the administration mixed reviews on immigration.
The jury is out on whether coronavirus has spread more widely than it may have if the world were not undergoing climate change. It is not, however, when it comes to a rise in infectious diseases overall.
In August, the Spanish congress passed a law that reframes the importance of consent in cases of rape and sexual assault, joining countries like Canada, Sweden, and Denmark with similar laws.
Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than are white women. The new documentary Aftershock tells the stories of some of those women, and how their families are channeling grief into action.
With a simple gesture, Sacheen Littlefeather lit a fuse that would impact the rest of her life.
When it comes to the media’s depictions of abortion, what we most often see may not accurately depict the reality of people’s experiences with abortion.
Survivors of brutal violence by Islamic State militants played a central role in advocating for reparations from the Iraqi government that failed to protect them, and though they question its ability to implement a reparations program, they have little choice but to hope.
Progress has been slow and unsteady, but activists are teaming up with elected officials to raise awareness and change laws.
Palmer’s Emerald has tiptoed her way into the top ranks of horror’s greatest final girls for the very reason that she’s nothing like one.
It has been five years since the Marawi Siege ended, and while the government has steadily completed infrastructure projects at the former heart of the firefights, the Maranao people have not been able to return to their ancestral lands. Many suspect that the government’s plans to commercialize the city are what's really preventing the IDPs from returning.
Just as the court has paved the way for states to deny essential reproductive health care, it has also cemented the country’s position as one of the biggest contributors to climate change in the world. The two cases are more connected than you may think.
International conflicts are more public than ever, and the rise of online activism has made social media users more inclined to want to help humanitarian efforts.
Among the horrors of the climate crisis is drought. In Somalia, in particular, it’s become too dry to grow crops, sustain livestock, or find fresh drinking water.
About 75% of Muslim women in Indonesia today wear the hijab, up from only 5% in the late 1990s, according to HRW.
Malaysia witnessed significant progress in its fight against sexual harassment in July.
As an advocate and a survivor, I know how hard it can be for many survivors to find real joy amid the giant cloud of darkness that comes after experiencing violence.
Earlier this summer, the buzz for the upcoming show Ahsoka was palpable at the Star Wars Convention in Anaheim.
Across South Asia, women praying in mosques is considered a taboo, but a group of Muslim women from all across India are working to challenge those biases and increase women’s access to mosques.
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