Read through Sara Lone's analysis below and then take our poll - do you agree with the ban? On July 1, France declared victory when the European Court of Human Rights upheld a ban on... Read More

On June 13th Mubarak Bala, a 29-year-old man living in northern Nigeria, was beaten by his father and three uncles and then sedated, only to wake up over a day later in a psychiatric ward... Read More

Last Thursday the Brookings Institution, along with George Mason University and City University London, hosted an event titled Religion and Foreign Policy: A Transatlantic Dialogue. Brookings Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne opened the panel discussion by... Read More

Hatred and fear of homosexuality has become more aggressive and normalized in many African countries, and for the second time this month, an African nation took a step backwards in terms of LGBTQ equality. Yesterday... Read More

The World Humanist Congress is held every three years and is the main event in the calendar of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), which unites more than 100 atheist, skeptic, and humanist organizations... Read More

This year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia is no exception to the continuing long-term failure to hold a global event free from political interference, despite unanimous UN support for the usual Olympic Truce approved before... Read More

The people of Haiti are still suffering from the effects of the devastating earthquake of 2010. According to a recent CNN report, cholera has taken the lives of over 8,000 people and continues to spread—largely... Read More