It's only November, yet 2020 is the deadliest year on record for the transgender community. Today, November 20, is Transgender Day of Remembrance. The observance grew out of a vigil for Rita Hester, a member of the Boston LGBTQ+ community who…
The refugees trekked for days to cross the border, dodging airstrikes and well-armed soldiers in their country's escalating civil war. Many are now sleeping out in the open in isolated towns, or under trees in a dusty displacement camp unused for…
Oscar's mom was devastated. Her newborn was starving, and she didn't know how to help him. Tears streamed down her face as she tirelessly tried to feed him. Malnourished herself, she couldn't produce enough milk. Eventually, she became so desperate…
Dozens of women in military uniforms, some gripping rifles, sing cadence as they march in formation in the mountainous borderlands of Myanmar's northern Kachin State. These women are training to join the ranks of the Arakan Army, one of several…
Foreign Policy
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Haroro J. Ingram
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Recently declassified U.S. military documents suggest that the purported new caliph of the Islamic State, Amir Muhammad Said Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, betrayed dozens of Islamic State of Iraq members to interrogators while held at the U.S.-run Camp…
