politics


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How Rep. Ilhan Omar failed humanity with just one word

Bernadette Lazar
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It’s exhausting growing up Muslim and brown in post-9/11 Britain

Aafiyah Shaikh
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Everything you need to know about the upcoming UK general election

Zara Shabir

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Why Tehran and Istanbul are the fashion capitals of the future

Bernadette Lazar

What we forget when we glamorize narcotics traffickers

Modupe Adio
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Trump’s role in the rise of white domestic terrorism

Bisma Parvez

2020 Democrats are boycotting this year’s AIPAC conference, but it’s just an act

Nushrat Nur

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will pay her interns. This is sadly uncommon.

Julia Métraux
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How the era of 45 ended my relationship with my best friend

Andrea Perez

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Accepting periods could restore women’s religious freedom in India

Mariyam Raza Haider

Rashida Tlaib, the midterms, and the pursuit of politicians who look like us

Saja Hussein
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When the Congressman next door works to disenfranchise you

Meg Leach