1. The Juggalo March Is Not a Joke
"What's unique about Juggalos is that they embrace and throw their class status in everyone's face—they’re flaunting their own disenfranchisement. ...They've recognized that the American dream is unattainable and made new dreams for themselves. That scares people. That scares the FBI. This is not what poor people are supposed to do."
2. The Death of a Syrian Media Activist
“Khaled al Zubi and his brother Osama could have fled to Jordan, but they chose to face threats and hardship so they could report on the war.”
3. Erica Lea to Become First Openly LGBTQ Lead Pastor of Mennonite Church USA
A big step for a denomination with more than 70,000 adult members in the U.S.
4. Department of Justice Turns a Blind Eye to Online Stalking and Abuse
“This data supports longstanding claims by activists that federal law enforcement and prosecutors don’t take online stalking and threats seriously—even in cases where specific threats of physical harm have forced people to flee their homes.”
5. Just Like My Mother: How We Inherit Our Parent’s Traits and Tragedies
“The phenomenon is called the 'intergenerational transfer of trauma' and was first recognized in the 1960s in the children of Holocaust survivors.”
6. The Deadly Earthquake That Rocked Mexico City: What We Know Now
The rescue efforts in Mexico City are continuing. The damage could take years to repair. This story explains what we know so far.
7. Doctors: No
“Physicians rarely agree on anything as strongly as they do that the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill is harmful.”
8. The Theological Challenge of ‘mother!’
What does mother! say about God — and the people who worship God?
9. Will The Rohingya Exodus Be Aung San Suu Kyi's Fall From Grace?
"[Aung San Suu Kyi] sees herself very deliberately now as a political actor inside of a changing Burma, not as an icon that essentially speaks out on human rights."
10. In the Caribbean, Colonialism and Inequality Mean Hurricanes Hit Harder
“Even in post-disaster settings, women are expected to perform household labor. So when water supplies are contaminated (with sewage, E. coli, salmonella, cholera, yellow fever, and hepatitis A, among others), women are disproportionately exposed to illness.”
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