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Opinion: Five Myths About Martin Luther King Jr.

Donna Murch, The Washington Post | Saturday January 16, 2016

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is a historical figure every school child knows, one of the few from American history sculpted into a monument on the Mall. Yet much of his activism is misunderstood, even by some who seek to honor him. In the midst of protests by young African Americans in cities and on campuses across the country, King's life and legacy remain profoun...

Opinion: Dear Body: A Love Letter

Casey Seidenberg, The Washington Post | Wednesday January 06, 2016

My daughter is just shy of 5, but already I worry about the pressures she will feel to conform to a certain physical ideal, to be thin, and to be our culture's perception of pretty. Like all parents, I hope to teach her many things in her childhood years, including that her body is strong even when it might feel weak, magical in what it can perform, constantly changin...

Opinion: India Deserves Better Than Zuckerberg's Watered-Down Internet

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Tuesday January 05, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg is taking intense fire in India over an initiative that his organization Internet.org launched, to provide limited Internet access to the masses.

Opinion: Listening To Islam's Self-Critical Voices

Yasmine Bahrani, The Washington Post | Thursday December 31, 2015

In the wake of the Paris bloodbath, the attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Bamako, Mali, and murders elsewhere before and since, people desperately want to understand the root cause of all this violence. That's true not only in the West, where many blame Islam itself. It's true in the Middle East, too, where we are struggling to come to grips with the carnage ...

Opinion: For My Muslim Husband, My Mom's Halal Christmas Is The Perfect Antidote To Trump

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, The Washington Post | Thursday December 24, 2015

Holidays, year after year, can blend together. But this holiday season is unlike any other in my life. That's because in previous years there was no Donald Trump leaving a lump of coal in my stocking, reminding me just how unwelcome my multi-faith family would be in his version of America.

Opinion: The Gun That Killed My Grandson

Marie-Claude Duytschaever, The Washington Post | Sunday December 13, 2015

Motives do not matter to the dead. They don't matter much to survivors, either. When my 6-year-old grandson, Noah, was gunned down three years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, along with 19 other first-graders and six educators, we were engulfed in a grief so brutal and so profound that an explanation was the last thing we sought. We just w...

Opinion: Weak Gun Laws Failed to Protect My Mom

Virginia Chamlee, The Washington Post | Sunday December 06, 2015

The six-paragraph newspaper article about her was headlined, simply, "Shot in Head." It began: "Gay Chamlee is listed in serious condition at Floyd Medical Center after being shot in the head Tuesday afternoon. Her husband is charged with the shooting."

Opinion: The Islamic State Wants You to Hate Muslims

Jeff Guo, The Washington Post | Wednesday November 18, 2015

Extremist groups feed off of alienation, some counterterrorism experts say, and Islamist militants deliberately aim to make Muslims in the West feel isolated and turn against their own communities.

Opinion: Is Posting Support for Paris on Facebook Narcissistic, or Heartfelt?

Maura Judkis, The Washington Post | Monday November 16, 2015

We were in Paris, but we were more than a mile from the attacks, enjoying a quiet Friday night dinner at an Alsatian restaurant, just as people on vacation do. Our first indication that something bad had happened wasn't the sound of gunfire or explosions, but the buzz of a text from a family member back home: "Are you ok?"

Opinion: Why is Russia Bombing My Town?

Raed Fares, The Washington Post | Sunday November 08, 2015

It's hypocritical for Putin to bomb Kafranbel in the name of "fighting extremism." Kafranbel residents have gone to great lengths to empower women; monitors note the decline of women's rights in Russia since Putin took power.

Opinion: The Condolences End. Being a Widow Doesn't.

Lisa Kolb, The Washington Post | Friday November 06, 2015

On the morning of my third wedding anniversary last Tuesday, or more accurately, the third time I celebrated my first anniversary, I awoke still hugging my husband Erik's dark green Patagonia fleece. It was his favorite, the one he's wearing in the photo we used for his memorial service program. I hadn't needed to sleep with it in a while, but I did that night.

Opinion: I Shouldn't Be Terrorized For Providing Abortions

Diane J. Horvath-Cosper, The Washington Post | Monday November 02, 2015

My colleagues, my patients and I routinely face the threat of violence over a legal medical procedure.

Opinion: Mouthy Immigrant Moms: Yes, They Talk Smack In Their Native Languages

Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post | Tuesday October 27, 2015

Some immigrant parents use their native languages to be free to say exactly what they're thinking - all the time.

Opinion: American Cancer Society was Wedded to the Wrong Medicine

Barron H. Lerner, The Washington Post | Saturday October 24, 2015

For a century, the American Cancer Society has held up "early detection" of breast and other cancers as its mantra. Once, this made sense.

Opinion: A Playboy Centerfold on Why Ending Nudity in the Magazine is a Good Thing

Victoria Valentino, The Washington Post | Tuesday October 20, 2015

This week, Playboy announced its latest move to save the magazine's economic future: putting clothes on its models. The images of nude women in alluring poses will be a thing of the past - and for me, Miss September 1963, and many Playboy fans, its passing will be mourned to some extent. But it will also elevate the Playmate to a more dignified and empowered status.

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