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Once you get past the shirtless selfies and the “sugar daddy” boast, the scandal surrounding Muslim preacher Nouman Ali Khan is a rare window into how difficult it can be for Muslim communities to deal with claims of misconduct by leaders, especially when women are involved. Khan is a conservative, Texas-based teacher whose lively Qur’an […]
The liberal rap against US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is pretty well ossified at this point: He’s racist, according to critics who point to the comments that got him rejected from a federal judgeship in 1986. Coretta Scott King passionately opposed his judicial nomination at the time. Those critics also highlight Sessions’ votes as a […]
A week ago, James Damore was anonymous. Now, the Google engineer who lost his job after he wrote a viral antidiversity screed has become an icon of the alt-right, with more than 40,000 Twitter followers (literally overnight) and a dedicated online constituency. This didn’t happen by accident: Damore’s swift lionization as a casualty of both […]
Abraham Balcázar para BuzzFeed México In November 2015, economist Alejandro Villagómez resigned from his academic post after 23 years at Mexico’s CIDE (Center for Economic Research and Studies), a top public university. Three days later, the school’s ethics committee concluded that Villagómez had sexually harassed both male and female students, behavior that included sending them […]
Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty Images As Chris Greenhalgh walked toward his office in central Manchester on Friday morning, an extraordinary thing happened. Wearing a T-shirt which said “I heart MCR” on it, the 32-year-old found that he couldn’t go more than a few streets without being stopped. “It’s a half-hour walk, and I […]
The Trump administration today released new anti-abortion rules — including a policy name change — that will apply to almost $ 9 billion in global health funding, including a massive HIV/AIDS prevention program, the State Department announced on Monday. The rules — dubbed the “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance” plan, and approved by Secretary […]
