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When the Iraqi government announced the end of ISIS control over its territory on December 9, 2017, there were a few celebrations in Baghdad. December 10 was proclaimed a public holiday, and a…

There’s an explosion on nearly every other page of George W. Bush’s Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors. Mortar attacks. IEDs. Suicide bombs strapped to children…

The Guardian had asked readers for nominations of LGBT rights activists who are making a difference; they’ve now published their LGBT change heroes for 2017. The list includes activists and political…

February 6 was International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. US-based anti-LGBT activist Brian Brown traveled to Russia to build support for his new International Organization for…

Catholic Church: Pope calls teaching of gender theory “nasty” Pope Francis told reporters that teaching gender theory amounts to unacceptable “indoctrination” of young people. And he spoke about…

The President of the Human Rights Council announced this week that he had chosen Vitit Muntarbhorn to fill the newly created position of Independent Expert to investigate violence and discrimination…

US Senator & VP candidate says Catholic Church could change on marriage US Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, a practicing Catholic, spoke on Saturday at the Human Rights Campaign’s…

Why sacrifice so much—money, reputation, friendships, romantic relationships—to this cause?

Roger Cohen isn’t the first person to believe Islam is suffering a civil war. What’s actually happening is a lot worse. We’re in the middle of a Third World War. In last week’s column, “ Orlando and…

“P2P: Challenging Extremism” is a new State Department-sponsored program that enlists American college students to combat online extremism. Avi Asher-Schapiro described the scene at a recent P2P event…