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Murder is streaming live in the palms of our hands. The lands and cities are burning. This has been a summer of protest, pandemic and pollution. It’s hard to breathe when you’re being choked by smoke, COVID-19 or the police....

More domestic labour, greater risk of domestic violence, higher rates of unemployment, worse mental health. These are the experiences of women in 2020. The global health crisis is exacerbating gender inequality worldwide....

By Urooba Jamal “Hello, I’m Loujain Alhathloul,” begins the woman in the viral video, wrapped in a black headscarf and dark shades, at the wheel of a car. “I’m going to try to cross the Saudi borders.” “Let’s see what happens,” she continues, smiling defiantly, explaining she is cr...

Madison Slobin and Becca Schwenk are chosen family - best friends entwined by culture, religion and a unique type of kinship. This powerful connection not only to one another, but to their faith and community of radical young Jews is what sparked their initiative, Shiva Delivers....

In the 14th century, something ugly happened. And then, something beautiful. In 1347, 12 Genoese trading ships travelling from Crimea docked in Sicily. There, rodent stowaways disembarked, carrying a calamitous cargo into Europe: fleas infected with bubonic plague....

It is time to check in with yourself. How are you, really? Amidst a pandemic, the global Black activist uprising, a recession, and a myriad of other events in 2020, we find ourselves under pressure to create, engage, design, and perform. ...