How Bananas Became Big—and Dangerous—Business in Colombia
Two ongoing cases represent the country's new resistance to multinational influence.
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Chechnya’s Growing Hostility Toward Its LGBTQ Community
Recent reports from Chechnya indicate that officials are rounding up, torturing, and killing Chechen men suspected of engaging in homosexual activity.
CBS Sitcom Donating Its Emmy Campaign Money to Planned Parenthood
The CBS show Mom is donating its $250,000 Emmy advertising campaign budget to Planned Parenthood to protest the Republican-backed health-care plan making its way through Congress.
The New Rodney King Documentary Shows How Far We Have to Go
Twenty-five years ago, the Rodney King riots shook the country. It's unclear what we've learned.
How U.S. Military Veterans View the Travel Ban
As President Trump continues to push his Muslim ban, members of our armed forces find themselves in precarious positions.
At Film Festivals Last Year, Men Directed Three Times as Many Films as Women
And that's actually an improvement over recent years.
How the Right Is Perverting Religious Liberty
Inside the curious phrase that protects peyote and condemns LGBT people.
Viewfinder: Journalists Protest in Mexico
Cameras and pictures of journalists recently murdered in Mexico are placed at Independence Angel square during a protest in Mexico City on May 16th, 2017.
U.S. Further Restricts Aid to International Health Groups That Advocate for Abortion Access
The new rules expand the Mexico City policy, which Donald Trump signed two days after he entered the presidency.
Why Read a Utopian Novel in 2017?
Science-fiction author and historian Ada Palmer challenges readers to imagine a difficult future in which the world has solved some of its most pressing problems only to create new ones.