For some people, the term “human trafficking” brings up images from the Hollywood film Taken—Kim Mills, the fictional daughter of a retired CIA operative, takes a vacation to Europe with her best friend only to... Read More

Does putting Jesus’s name on a beer bottle constitute blasphemy? That seems to be what customers of a Cleveland, Ohio, area grocery store chain think. Indeed, their complaints led the Heinen’s stores to remove “Sweet... Read More

In a move disturbing to even the most cynical critics of the network, Fox News has begun to use the recent tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, in which an apparent white supremacist committed a mass... Read More

The 29th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body made up of forty-seven states working to protect human rights around the world, opened in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 15. According to... Read More

No, I’m not going to start waxing un-poetically about roses. I am, however, hoping to continue the conversation being had in many online and offline spaces about identity. Drag queens and kings, First Nations and... Read More

By now, most of you know that Caitlyn Jenner, once known as Bruce Jenner, the former Olympian and reality show star, underwent sexual reassignment surgery and other feminization procedures to become a woman. Insisting that... Read More

Humans and chimpanzees share almost 99 percent of their DNA. Chimpanzees demonstrate purposeful communication, understanding of symbols, imagination, and even humor. Like humans, chimpanzees are autonomous and self-determining beings. They recall their past and anticipate... Read More