America is a bastion of religious freedom, a land where persecuted religious minorities find refuge from the tyranny of the majority. So goes the narrative that is taught in schools across the nation and permeates American culture. And yet Muslims in America have found religious freedom in practice more myth…

Not since the 1960s has the United States been as racially charged as it is today. The rise of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is forcing Americans to confront centuries of systemic state abuse of African Americans. As a result, younger Americans no longer believe the myth that their…

Where does one begin to process this richly detailed, cognitively jarring book by Ibram X. Kendi? No matter your race or gender, this tome on America’s curse — anti-black racist ideas — forces you to examine the country in a different light. …

Belonging. To Be. To Long for. To long to belong in a space where one feels safe, wanted, normal. Is to belong to be normal? Who is normal? Who decides? Who sets the norm? for you, for me, for us. But for us to exist, there must be a them. …

Donald Trump never admits he makes mistakes. That theme is arguably the only consistent aspect of his turbulent four-year presidency. It is also the reason why a self-pardon is unlikely to emerge during his final days in office. …

Where was the FBI in the months leading up to the violent siege on the Capitol? Among the many questions surrounding this week’s jarring events, this one reveals the extent to which double standards in law enforcement threaten our nation’s security. For weeks, Donald Trump’s far right-wing supporters publicly called…