The World

People visiting a Christ sculpture at the Santa Maria Magdalena Church in Granada, Spain. Álex Cámara/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How the Cross and Good Friday Have Been Used to Defend Racism and Anti-Semitism

Churches around the world will be holding services for their three most important days ...

Helen Park Truong, 34, and Sarah Tang, 31, embrace after laying flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Gold Spa REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A Country Mourns Georgia Spa Killings and Decries Anti-Asian Racism

Clutching a bouquet of flowers, Jami Webb wept alongside her fiancé Kevin Chen at ...

Don’t Call Me Bitch. Italians Move to Change Synonyms to the Word Woman

Public figures from writers to lawmakers have launched a campaign ahead of International Women’s ...

The pandemic blew up some carefully constructed 'polycules.' Bilyana Stoyanovska/EyeEm via Getty Images

It Isn’t Easy Being a Polyamorous in These Times of Pandemic

A few years ago I started conducting interviews with over 100 people about their ...

Trumpeting the past? The Bible has conflicting narratives over the conquest of Canaan. Wikimedia Commons

The Bible As a Model to Tell America’s History: Warts and All

At a time when Americans are seemingly as polarized as ever over the present, ...

Parker Westwood poses for a photo. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Handout by Miles Marie

An Insider’s Podcast Tries to Humanize Sex Workers

Parker Westwood is trying to bring sex work out of the shadows with a ...

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