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While the focus on Afghanistan tends to revolve around geopolitical tensions and security concerns, the slow erosion of the urban middle class is sending the country decades backward.

Devyani Prabhat’s profile on The Conversation

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the woman who faced arrest on two occasions for engaging in silent prayer outside U.K. abortion clinics, has received an official police apology and assurance that she will ...

From the blog of Grant Arthur Gochin at The Times of Israel

Editorial: Dead dogs of Asturias, Cebu

In light of the increasing domestic violence against women, Khouloud Al-Khatib launched an app "Min Haqqiha" to address these challenges.

did have to deal with the "Everyones an immigrant except for the Native Americans" and The experience wasnt one of lifes highlights. I report it here in hopes of encouraging others to go out and do intellectual battle in similar circumstances. My goal, always, is getting more people to realize that there are cogent arguments against our current immigration madness and that, if youre unhappy about the madness, youre not alone. Thus ...