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Poll: For women at work, harassment complaints fall on deaf ears

According to a recent Takeaway-Harris poll, more and more people (62 percent) say they feel comfortable speaking out and challenging their abusers. But when digging into those numbers, a different story unfolds.

Poll: For women at work, harassment complaints fall on deaf ears
White nationalists carry torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, on the eve of a planned Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, US August 11, 2017. Picture taken August 11, 2017.

How often have you dealt with racism? Her friends' answers surprised her.

How often have you dealt with racism? Her friends' answers surprised her.
Man in blue polo stands on street corner looking up, with sign for "Crunch" gym behind him

A ‘man of no land’ tries to find home in Saudi Arabia

A ‘man of no land’ tries to find home in Saudi Arabia
Imam Khalid Latif

This NYPD chaplain is young, male and Muslim. He's been told 'those things don’t go together so well right now.'

This NYPD chaplain is young, male and Muslim. He's been told 'those things don’t go together so well right now.'
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Why some immigrants and refugees in Louisiana are having trouble getting married

Why some immigrants and refugees in Louisiana are having trouble getting married
Suud Olat is a refugee advocate in St. Cloud, Minnesota

Despite discrimination and backlash, this Somali in St. Cloud says, 'I love my state'

"It’s a really, really scary moment for the Somali community," says refugee advocate Suud Olat.

Despite discrimination and backlash, this Somali in St. Cloud says, 'I love my state'

The Guerrilla Girls Call Out Art-World Inequality

After 30 years, the feminist protest group still has a lot to be outraged about.

The Guerrilla Girls Call Out Art-World Inequality
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'Unfair and lovely': South Asian women dare to be dark

India is a country obsessed with fair skin. This new campaign tackles the beauty norm.

'Unfair and lovely': South Asian women dare to be dark
Radiation hotspot in Kashiwa, February 2012

They know: Hiroshima survivors help those in Fukushima overcome fear, discrimination

Hiroshima's A-bomb survivors know all about the fear of radiation: their own fear and other people's fear of them. Now they are helping people who lived in Fukushima's nuclear danger zone deal with some of the same issues.

They know: Hiroshima survivors help those in Fukushima overcome fear, discrimination
Dennis Benzan meeting constituents

A Boston community is divided over the Dominican Republic's citizenship policy

A Massachusetts politician has been outspoken about his opposition to the Dominican Republic's citizenship laws — and it's sparked a battle within his constituency.

A Boston community is divided over the Dominican Republic's citizenship policy
A screen shot from Miki Dezaki's YouTube video about racism in Japan.

How a Japanese American burst Japan's bubble on racism

Japanese people, even some minority groups, tend to believe that Japanese society is homogeneous and racism doesn't exist in the country. But a Japanese American has drawn praise — and ire — by exposing that belief as a myth.

How a Japanese American burst Japan's bubble on racism
Demonstrators gather at a rally in Indianapolis on March 28, 2015 to protest a controversial religious freedom bill recently signed by Indiana Governor Mike Pence.

American groups back LGBT rights in Pakistan, but it's a different story in Indiana

In the US, here’s been an outcry against the passing of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana. But while some citizens are stunned, a foreign correspondent says it's even harder for someone trying to explain it to people outside the United States.

American groups back LGBT rights in Pakistan, but it's a different story in Indiana
Young residents pose for a photograph on a street in the Clifton neighborhood of Staten Island in New York on October 25, 2014. The area is home to a community known as "Little Liberia" — it has the largest concentration of Liberians outside of Africa.

A new hotline fights Ebola-related stigma against African immigrants

Ebola is still a scary, hot-button issue in the United States, and some Africans immigrants say they're being harrassed and discriminated against because of those fears. Now a web- and phone-based hotline is hoping to collect those stories and use them to fight back against unwarranted attacks.

A new hotline fights Ebola-related stigma against African immigrants
Jennifer is a transgender Army veteran who began making her transition into a woman while she was deployed to Afghanistan.

Transitioning to being a woman while serving in Afghanistan was like 'puberty in a combat zone'

Jennifer was once named Edward, a hard-boiled Army sergeant and career soldier in the infantry. But now that her service is done and she's transitioned to being a woman, DOD policies keep her from taking full advantage of veterans benefits unless she reveals that she has transitioned from the other gender.

Transitioning to being a woman while serving in Afghanistan was like 'puberty in a combat zone'
Girls eating their lunch at a government school in Bawani Khera village, in south central Haryana.

India's free school lunches can fight — or reinforce — caste discrimination in India

On the one hand, India’s school lunch program encourages children from lower-caste communities to enroll in school. And where the program works well, it brings children from different castes together. But in some states, the program is actually used as a tool to reinforce discrimination.

India's free school lunches can fight — or reinforce — caste discrimination in India