I’m not sure who “Stonewall” was made for. It wasn’t made for young LGBT people seeking good LGBT history, nor for a community who wishes to see its history portrayed with dignity and respect, and without perpetuating stereotypes and old…
Sep 23

By Wendy Thomas Russell
Sometimes it seems as though America is hemorrhaging religion. According to the 2014 General Social Survey, 7.5 million adults — about 3 percent of all adults in this country — severed religious ties between 2012 and 2014. Think of…
Sep 22

By Wendy Thomas Russell
If you are the parent of a boy between the ages of 11 and 18, Lady Gaga has just given you a golden opportunity to talk about rape. And, not to put too fine a point on it, but what…
Sep 22

By Wendy Thomas Russell
Yom Kippur is the last and most important of Judaism's 10 High Holy Days, which begin on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Sep 21

By Andra Gillespie
The best way for us as a nation to honor the victims of the Charleston shooting is to do more than just pat ourselves on the back because their relatives took the bold, courageous and painful step of publicly starting…
Sep 16

By Wendy Thomas Russell
The story of a Texas 9th-grader arrested because he had the gall to make a clock and bring it to school to show his teacher has left Americans understandably reeling. But Ahmed Mohamed’s situation is about more than Islamophobia. It’s…
The 1999 Women’s World Cup Final is still the highest rated soccer match on U.S. English language TV of all time, yet……
Remembering Pauline Phillips, Arbiter of Love and Life Advice as 'Dear Abby'…
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