Youth
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On Motherhood and Surviving Sexual Violence
By Gretchen Davidson There are moments in life that lift a curtain and give us a glimpse of what is really propelling us through this...
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Up to 70% of women in Afghan prisons accused of 'moral crimes'
High-level Afghan government officials have for the first time publicly confirmed that it is not a criminal offense for women and girls to “run away”...
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I Was Raised By Welfare: A Defense of Social Safety Programs
By Bertha Alvarez Manninen A few houses down from my own, there sits a white Jeep parked in front of a middle-class suburban home. Every...
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Storytelling: Or, Autoethnography in the Academic Industrial Complex
By Mejdulene B. Shomali When my sisters and I were young, we’d ask our father to tell us a story before bedtime. I’m not sure...
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A Letter to Mis(s)-Education*
“Darnell, you can’t write.” I was an eighth-grade student at Morgan Village Middle School in Camden, New Jersey, when you, my Language Arts instructor, reprimanded...
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'Astonishingly high' diabetes rates found in ethnic groups in UK
Half of all people of South Asian, African and African Caribbean descent living in Britain will develop diabetes by age 80, scientists said on Monday in research...
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Juarez Murders: Mexican Government Unveils Memorial For Slain Women
Mexico’s secretary of state, Alejandro Poire, will unveil the finished memorial for the women slain in Ciudad Juarez Thursday, according to state officials. The structure has been in the...
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Infant Antibiotics Linked with Heavier Weight
Young farm animals given antibiotics gain weight quickly. Now a new study suggests that the same thing may happen to human infants treated with antibiotics....
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New Program Allows Some Young Undocumented Immigrants to Legally Stay in US
Hundreds of thousands of people who entered the United States as children but without documentation can apply — beginning Wednesday — to remain in and...
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TFW Interview: Keith Boykin on "For Colored Boys"
TFW Editorial Collective Member Darnell L. Moore recently caught up with Keith Boykin, political commentator and New York Times best-selling author, to discuss his newest book,...
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On “America’s New Sweetheart”: Gabby Douglas, Black Performance, and Belonging
By John Murillo III Meditations on African performance and subjectivity are always already spoken by this grammar and haunted by these ghosts. For whatever...
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The Hijab on the Pitch
By Laurent Dubois On Friday, July 6, the French Football Federation announced that it would ban the wearing of hijab during all organized competitions held...
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Striving for Muslim Women's Human Rights
By Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons I am a practicing Muslim and an Islamic scholar who received my Ph.D. with a focus on Islamic law and women...
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The Politics of Celebrity, Social Media, and HIV/AIDS
By Paul Burns In the last few years, there has been a significant shift in the sensibilities and outlooks of Americans as it relates to...
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"Shooting For My Own Hand”: A Review of Brave
By Willa Kirsch-Stancliff and Mason Casper-Milam Merida is the main character in the new Disney Pixar movie Brave. She is a strong-willed female lead and...
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Blurring the Lines Between Mothering and Teaching
By Amy Hodges Hamilton I rushed into the classroom, organizing my books and notes while welcoming students to class. As I placed my bag under...
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Soccer Overturns Headscarf Ban
FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, has agreed tooverturn its controversial ban on the wearing of hijabs during games. The organization instituted the regulation in 2007,...
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South Sudan Faces Severe Health Care Gap
South Sudan is the world’s newest nation, and celebrated its first birthday on Monday, July 10th. The health of its people is in sharp contrast...