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Will it embolden or neuter the Arab world's autocratic regimes?
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A well-known scholar of violence against women describes her own harrowing assault – and how the #MeToo movement changed…
A polarized electorate is divided into tribal camps that demonize each other. That's the setting for the upcoming midterm…
The shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue joins a list of more than 200 other ideologically motivated attacks by far-right…
While the US sends observers around the world to monitor elections, few will be present during the 2018 midterms in the…
The idea of welcoming the stranger is central to Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Today, that engenders a responsibility…
On Oct. 31, 1517, a German monk, Martin Luther, started the Protestant Reformation. Its impact went far beyond the split…