Family separation: Evangelicals add their voices to opposition
When Julie Frady planned to make a poster to protest the Trump administration’s new “zero tolerance” immigration policy last week, she wanted to find the perfect Bible verse to stand against it, she says, one nobody else would expect. Since she joined…
On election issues, US Supreme Court sticks to the shallows
Elections – how they’re set up, how they’re carried out – have been an important theme in the current Supreme Court term. Justices considered cases on everything from appropriate voting booth attire to methods of drawing election district lines. The …
After Crackdown, Egypt’s LGBT Community Contemplates ‘Dark Future’
Homosexuality isn’t illegal in Egypt but human rights groups say other laws have been used to target LGBT Egyptians. “Prison killed me. It destroyed me,” says an Egyptian woman jailed after a concert.
Debate Over Migrant Crisis Threatens To Topple Germany’s Government
A dispute over the tightening immigration policies in Germany is threatening to bring down Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government.
The high court’s hint on partisan gerrymandering
In a unanimous ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court hinted at how it may someday decide on partisan gerrymandering, or the drawing of electoral districts by state legislators to keep one party in power. Individual voters, the justices concluded, must f…
Islamist and feminist: A new generation stakes its claim
Alaa Khaled finds nothing unusual about being both a devout Muslim and a women’s activist, insisting she is an activist because she is a Muslim. “As a Muslim it is incumbent on me to fight for social justice for my country, my citizens, and my gender,…
Amid growing tensions with Russia, a push for meaningful dialogue
“They haven’t improved,” says the former Russian energy minister and businessman, whose foundation underwrites Russian participation in a longstanding effort to boost bilateral relations through unofficial, “Track II” diplomacy. In fact, US-Russian re…
World Cup 2018: What’s Happened So Far
If this weekend’s big matches had one lesson, it was that even great teams don’t win every game. The Davids were stronger than expected, and the Goliaths were weighed down by sky-high expectations.
Poachers become protectors: How tigers bounced back in an Indian park
Over two days inside Periyar Tiger Reserve, a national park in South India, Mr. Chacko and his colleagues demonstrate time and time again their knowledge of this forest and its inhabitants. Since they were teenagers, the men have shared the lush Carda…
Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Japan, Killing 3, Injuring Hundreds
The temblor caused severe damage to roads: bursting water mains and setting fires across the prefecture. Crumbling concrete walls killed two people, while another was struck by a bookshelf.
Backlash Grows Against Trump Policy Of Separating Families At The Border
Children are being taken from parents who have crossed illegally into the U.S. Republicans introduced a bill that would end the practice, but it would require Democrats to agree to fund a border wall.
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