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Where the group was born, in Ukraine, its naked protests made more sense—but in the Muslim world, the message is getting lost in translation.

In Russia, activists struggle against rising homophobia and a government crack down on LGBT rights.

The Court’s ruling in Windsor v. United States strikes a powerful blow against the right-wing notion that Judeo-Christian morality justifies discrimination.

The unanimous decision is a victory for patients, women, scientists, doctors, researchers and human kind.

Early marriage and domestic violence in the camps are a fact of life for girls fleeing the civil war.

I don’t have simplistic fantasies about being rescued from oppression by figureheads alone. But I also know that women and people of color are a threat to the status quo.

That’s right, the evangelist's crusade against depravity took him straight to New York City porn parlors. It looks like he studied their products closely.

Anti-choicers think what they believe determines how abortion restrictions are enforced. They're dangerously wrong.

With a two-seat gain while chair of the DSCC and a successful effort to get a budget through the Senate under her belt, Patty Murray has become a major force in the Senate.

Feminism is not any single person or outcome, it’s a practice, and a far more active one than Valenti gives credit for.