The State Where Black Women Are Twice as Likely to Die of Cervical Cancer as White Women The State Where Black Women Are Twice as Likely to Die of Cervical Cancer as White Women
Alabama’s painful racial legacy lives on in health-care inequality.
Dec 17, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Why Were These Interfaith Leaders Arrested at the US-Mexico Border? Why Were These Interfaith Leaders Arrested at the US-Mexico Border?
They were dragged away by the Border Patrol for bearing prophetic witness against the mistreatment of refugees and asylum seekers.
Dec 11, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
Give Your Heart Out! Give Your Heart Out!
A list of 10 charitable organizations to help out this holiday season.
Dec 7, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Yemen’s Human-Rights Defenders Are Fighting Increasingly Desperate Odds Yemen’s Human-Rights Defenders Are Fighting Increasingly Desperate Odds
“This war will never stop until the international community decides to take action.”
Nov 28, 2018 / Sarah Aziza
Donald Trump Is Putting Every Journalist in Every Country at Risk Donald Trump Is Putting Every Journalist in Every Country at Risk
The president’s casual response to the Khashoggi killing is horrifying.
Oct 18, 2018 / John Nichols
‘On Her Shoulders’ Honors the Courage and Tenacity of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad ‘On Her Shoulders’ Honors the Courage and Tenacity of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad
In Alexandria Bombach’s documentary, we see the burden placed on celebrity survivors, particularly those from the non-Western world.
Oct 18, 2018 / Sarah Aziza
It’s Crunch Time for Activism Against US Involvement in Yemen It’s Crunch Time for Activism Against US Involvement in Yemen
With the Trump administration apparently set on supporting the Saudi-led coalition, dissenters in Congress are staging an encouraging—though messy—insurgency.
Oct 17, 2018 / Chris Gelardi
Why Ethnic Nationalism Still Rules Bosnia, and Why It Could Get Worse Why Ethnic Nationalism Still Rules Bosnia, and Why It Could Get Worse
Sectarianism was baked into the 1995 Dayton Agreement—but now, with the rise of nationalism across Europe, there are fewer brakes on it from the EU.
Oct 12, 2018 / Una Hajdari and Michael Colborne
Germany’s Faith-Based Sanctuary Activists Have Created a National Movement Germany’s Faith-Based Sanctuary Activists Have Created a National Movement
But it’s under growing pressure from politicians waging war on the right to asylum.
Sep 19, 2018 / Caitlin L. Chandler
Trump Creates a Worldwide Border Crisis for Refugees Trump Creates a Worldwide Border Crisis for Refugees
By slashing the number of refugees it is willing to take in, the United States is abrogating its humanitarian duty.
Sep 12, 2018 / Michelle Chen