Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women’s rights advocate, wins the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The former vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) organization is chosen by a panel of experts in Norway from over 350 nominations. Mohammadi, 51, has been courageous in her activism despite numerous arrests and years …
By the time the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, many Americans had already opened their wallets to protest. In the approximately 24 hours after the Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked early, ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform, raised a staggering $12 million. Reproductive Freedom for All also …
For years following World War II, there existed a widely accepted agreement known as the “liberal consensus.” This agreement embraced the idea that the federal government should play a role in regulating businesses, providing social safety nets, and promoting infrastructure. In fact, it became so popular that in 1950, critic Lionel Trilling famously stated that …
If you were looking for online therapy between 2017 and 2021, it’s likely that you came across BetterHelp. BetterHelp claims to be the largest provider of online therapy, boasting over 2 million users. Once you landed on their website, you would have filled out an intake questionnaire, similar to what you would do at a …
Palembang, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating pork — considered forbidden in Islam — in a TikTok video. In a shocking verdict on Tuesday, judges at Palembang court in South Sumatra province …
Like many activists of my generation, my political awakening came through my involvement in the fight for reproductive rights. In 1986, I joined a busload of college students on a trip from New Haven to Washington, DC, holding a handmade sign in support of preserving Roe v. Wade. It was during law school that I …
Last year, Lisa McNair made a powerful statement at Alabama’s state legislature in Montgomery, driving all the way from her home in Birmingham. She was there to discuss the “divisive concepts” legislation proposed by state Republicans that aimed to limit how educators could teach about race and racism. McNair opposed the bill because she believed …
The battle over red-state efforts to roll back civil rights and liberties has mainly shifted to the courts. Since 2021, Republican-controlled states have enacted numerous laws that restrict voting rights, penalize public protests, impose restrictions on transgender youth, ban books, and limit discussions on race, gender, and sexual orientation by teachers, professors, and employers. Some …
Thousands of individuals recreated the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Saturday, reflecting on the unrealized aspects of his dream 60 years later and highlighting new challenges. Speakers at the event, which saw as many as 250,000 people gather at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 to witness King’s …
In the 1990s, being a low-income student of color in the Ivy League was incredibly challenging. We were a small minority in a place of privilege, always aware that the institution was not built for us. While the wealthy white students could proudly wear their college sweatshirts and have their alumni parents as visitors, we …