The scope of the problem
Egyptian director Mohamed Diab's film "Cairo 678" documents the lives of 3 women, all victims of sexual harassment and assault and who organize collectively against it.
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The Westgate Mall photographs
The photographs of the terror attack at Nairobi's Westgate Mall depict an ordinary day for people at the mall gone terribly wrong.
How we tell stories about cities
We must not forget the everyday lived realities and struggles in vanished neighborhoods.
A Hot Mess
Black women have no say in what is pretty considering it is the job of non-white women to dispel the standards of beauty, and white women to reinvent it.
Palestine Scores
European football officials may have missed it, but Palestine already scored several goals in this season’s UEFA Champions League.
The political arrest of Bandile Mdlalose
Bandile is a giant of the Abahlali baseMjondolo social movement, which agitates for housing for poor, black people,
The rains down in Africa
Why is Toto's 'Africa," a song with ridiculous lyrics, so popular with everyone? It has to be the melody and the hook.
The Jews of Africa
How some American Zionists make connections between Israel and Rwanda.