Immigration Cloaked in Racism California’s 1994’s Proposition 187 (Story and Podcast)

  On Nov. 2, 1994, over 10,000 teenagers across California walked out to protest proposition 187. The initiative sought to … More

Why Denmark’s politicians are posting their school photos on social media

PM Mette Frederiksen posted her school photo on Instagram. Photo: Aris Oikonomou/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix   School photos have been the subject … More

homeless? Sub-Human?

He was the first person I saw as I entered the Rite Aid on K Street His long dark blonde … More

After El Paso shooting, Mexican Americans can no longer be ambivalent minority

Mexican Americans think of ourselves as both an immigrant ethnic group and a racially oppressed minority. After El Paso, that is … More

Trump: Is it in his Kiss?

What is it about Donald John Trump?  That makes him so bloody irresistible that people discard every thing they know … More

‘I am a woman with every fiber of my body’: Germany’s first transgender MP

The Bavarian state parliament building where Tessa Ganserer sits for the Greens. Photo: DPA From: The Local Sweden Lawmakers returning … More

What Waking Up Transgender in America Feels Like

Cisgender allies: Put yourself in our shoes. By: Jessie Earl/The Advocate.com   I’m going to be entirely honest. I’m so … More

Condominium blues

If he doesn’t get his way, expect one outcome only. By: Elaine Luti/The American in Italia There’s a man in … More

Women of Value

I arrived at the end of a fight in the parking lot of a discount store. The woman I was … More

Before I Do: Why History Matters

His or Her Past, may have a major impact on your future as a couple Sex and the Heart has … More