In a recent column you made the statement, "While discrimination is illegal, it's far from over." I contend that discrimination, as defined by my dictionary, means: a) to make a clear distinction; ...

“My spouse and I come from different cultural backgrounds, with different perspectives, upbringings, and experiences. We love each other, but our biggest cultural divide is how we communicate. Since ...

I came across a write-up of Cihuatl, Mujer, Woman in the Essentials section of City Weekly [Feb. 23]. I was excited to have my art featured in the paper. However, as I began to read the piece, my ...

Mohammed is a pseudonym of a real character through whom I will tell the collective stories of zero-gen daters, immigrants, and refugees who must navigate unfamiliar cultures. Mohammed had never ...

Bobby Ghosh, TIME’s Baghdad correspondent for much of the Iraq War, once told me a story. Early in the war he embedded with a company of soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard. They had been given ...

As a teenager fresh from China, Zitong Jia never intended to become a social media phenomenon. She arrived in the United States at fifteen to attend high school, armed with curiosity and the everyday ...

The recent controversy surrounding Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa's refusal to shake hands with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stems from Islamic teachings on physical contact between men ...