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“Allah is lesbian” T-shirt. How many years in prison? More than a year after Moroccan authorities arrested atheist, feminist and LGBTQ rights activist Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar, she rem […]

Israel’s prisons: When cruelty becomes state policy Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners has moved far beyond a debate about whether convicted terrorists deserve comfortable p […]

Taliban rules reportedly institutionalize torture and permit child marriage Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities are turning some of their most extreme practices into an increasingly formal system of law. New r […]

Taliban justice: Violence against women is acceptable until it leaves serious injuries The Taliban’s system of repression in Afghanistan has reached another disturbing milestone. New criminal rules governing the c […]

Austria bans Islamic headscarves for girls under 14 in schools Austria has begun enforcing a controversial ban on Islamic headscarves for girls under the age of 14, reopening a difficult European […]

The right to leave religion is a human right Freedom of religion is frequently discussed as the right to practice Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism or any other faith without […]

The worst things feminists have ever said Feminism has been one of the most consequential movements for human rights in modern history. Women gained political representation, […]

Freethinking students organize against religious coercion in U.S. public schools A growing number of nonreligious students in the United States are organizing to defend their right to attend public schools without […]

What if Richard Dawkins really makes a deathbed conversion? Richard Dawkins has spent much of his life arguing that there is almost certainly no God. Yet if one day the news announces that the […]

Donald Trump may inspire and beat his family There are politicians who defend the traditional family. Then there are politicians who apparently need the police to prevent them from […]

Russia arrests prominent palliative-care advocate over anti-war stance Russia has prosecuted one of the country’s best-known advocates for terminally ill children because she publicly condemned the war in […]

U.S. accused of a year of extrajudicial killings at sea For one year, the United States has been killing people aboard small boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. The Trump […]

The Girls Who Never Came Back: Northern Nigeria's Other Education Crisis In November 2025, armed men stormed a girls’ boarding school in Maga, Kebbi State, at 4am. They shot the vice principal. They took 25 […]

U.S. appeals court blocks DOJ attempt to obtain transgender patients’ medical records Medical records contain some of the most private information a person can possess. Diagnoses, treatments, medications and personal […]

They won’t admit Jesus didn’t exist. It is the opium of the people The establishment will not admit the truth. The media will not say it. Rich interest groups refuse to consider it. Even Christian […]

Mussolini would have been proud: Italy’s far right is moving into the political establishment Italy knows better than almost any European country what can happen when extreme nationalism stops being a fringe phenomenon and […]

Israel has a plan to empty Gaza. It Is just waiting for Trump Israel’s government is openly discussing a future in which large numbers of Palestinians leave the Gaza Strip. The idea is no longer c […]

Trump targets Soros and left-wing nonprofits in sweeping crackdown Donald Trump’s administration is preparing a broader campaign against nonprofit organizations that it accuses of financing political v […]

The Taliban wants American investment: Will it get it? Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has an unexpected message for the United States: come back and bring […]

What will happen when Le Pen and AfD win? The European far right no longer lives on the political margins. In France, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally has become one of the c […]