The New York Marriage Equality Act of 2011 promised that same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages would be treated the same in all...

At least four residents of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, including a 90-year-old man, face up to 60 days in jail or a $500. Their crime?...

According to the president of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, Europe is experiencing its worst wave of anti-Semitism since World War...

As the United States’ military involvement in Afghanistan and, to some extent, Iraq comes to an end, a new dynamic is forming between...

“I’m not ready to surrender to a few folks in black robes,” said Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) during a gubernatorial debate. “I’m not...

In the words of Bitch writer Victoria Law, “Imagine a woman actively in labor. Now, imagine her handcuffed. Attached to those handcuffs...

On October 17, Laverne Cox premiered her new documentary, Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, on MTV and LOGO. In the hour-long film, seven...

From October 5 to 19, the third ever Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops was held in Vatican City. The reason for this...

Chiero Ferristal, born in Haiti, has been working as a subway construction worker in the neighboring Dominican Republic since crossing...

This April, the US military authorized new hair regulations that prohibited several natural black hairstyles, including dreadlocks,...

“Srilankitak filipiniyeh?” asked a young schoolboy to one of his classmates. This question literally means, “Is your Sri Lankan a...

The recent on-campus screening of Oil and Water, a movie about two boys confronting the exploitation of the natural resources of the...

“First letter of Cuba, is an open letter [sic] / Born in Miami, right on time / Scarface, El Mariel, Cuban crime [sic] / Here’s the...

After reports surfaced that NBC was seriously courting Jon Stewart, a comedian and the host of The Daily Show, to host the network’s...

While 13 years may have passed since September 11, 2001, Islamophobic sentiments in the United States remain as aggravated a problem as...

Since the College of Cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy, the global community has been eager to see if Pope Francis,...

Full Figure Fashion Week has been held in New York City since 2009. Nevertheless, it has had minimal bearing on American society despite...

When The Economist issued its review on Ed Baptist’s The Half of the Story Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American...

This past week, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, was lambasted in a series of articles for...

A new piece of wreckage recently floated onto the NBA’s shore, riding the waves of racism that emerged from the Donald Sterling debacle....