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‘How Did This Man Think He Had the Right to Adopt This Baby?’

by Seyward Darby December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

“Army Rangers killed her parents. A Marine is raising her in America. But her Afghan family says she was taken under false pretenses.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

When Swimming As a Muslim Woman Becomes A Political Act

by Sari Botton August 22, 2019October 19, 2022

After interviewing 30 Muslim women about their experiences being harassed and excluded from places in America for wearing modest swimwear, Rowaida Abdelaziz shares the experiences of a few, who defiantly continue to swim in their burkinis.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

Can Two Groups Who Are Wary of One Another Have a Civil Debate?

by mikedang September 26, 2017October 19, 2022

Attempting civil discourse in a polarizing time.

chocolate cupcakes with pink and white heart-shaped sprinkles
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes

Are We Swallowing Culinary Propaganda?

by Shane Cubis May 31, 2017October 19, 2022

In Australia, cupcakes are deployed to wage holy war against halal meat.

Rev. Billy Graham gives the closing prayer at Nixon's National Prayer Breakfast in 1973. (AP Photo)
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

One Nation, Under God, With Liberty and Justice for Some

by michelleweber May 19, 2017October 19, 2022

Although a lot about Donald Trump seemed antithetical to conservative Christianity, he got a larger percentage of the Evangelical vote than Bush, Sr., Reagan, or Carter. Why?

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

‘Happy 1396’: Porochista Khakpour on Feeling Apprehensive this Nowruz, the Persian New Year

by Sari Botton March 20, 2017October 19, 2022

“This year, once Nowruz announced itself to me, I wanted to forget it.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Why this Persian New Year is Different

by Sari Botton March 20, 2017October 19, 2022

A personal essay by Iranian-born novelist Porochista Khakpour about her apprehension and lack of excitement about Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at a time when it feels unsafe to be of Muslim heritage in America.

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