The Iranian women demanding their rights today are part of a long history of resistance — and they’re continuing a struggle that began 43 years ago. IDEAS contributor Donya Ziaee shares the story of the women who took to the streets to oppose mandatory veiling just after the 1979 revolution.
U.S.President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of "simple possession" of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and addressing charging practices that disproportionately impact people of colour.
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge.
WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her "absolute weakest moment in life right now" as she faces a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession, Griner's wife said in an interview aired Thursday.
Shania Twain's 1998 hit Man! I Feel Like a Woman! has been declared the greatest karaoke song of all time on Billboard's new list of the top 100 sing-able tunes. Also topping the list was Backstreet Boys' I Want it That Way and Gloria Gaynor's epic anthem I Will Survive.
Iranian state television aired a video on Thursday in which two French citizens detained for 'spying' in Iran in May appeared to confess to acting on behalf of a French security service, amid weeks of unrest that Tehran has linked to foreign foes.
Growing anxiety in the West over Russian threats to deploy nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war may be part of a deliberate campaign to spook the West into cutting Ukraine loose, one expert says.
At least 15 people have died after two boats carrying migrants sank in Greek waters, and rescuers were looking for dozens still missing, authorities said early Thursday.
