Khizr Khan has a message on Veterans Day
I felt proud when I first saw Khizr Khan on the stage of the Democratic National Convention last year. Not because of his politics but because of his courage. He…
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November 11, 2017
Civil rights leader takes heat for stand on Confederate monuments
I heard Andrew Young say this morning that it's a waste of time to protest Confederate monuments. That energy, he said on NPR's Morning Edition, should be reserved to continue…
August 23, 2017
Packed trains arrive in Pakistan carrying Muslims from India.
Freedom at midnight: Indian independence came at a high cost
Today, on the 70th birthday of my homeland, I reread Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s evocative speech, delivered just before India gained independence from oppressive British rule. At the stroke…
August 15, 2017
What I learned from a girl in Iraq: Human being first, journalist second
A few months ago, I traveled to a place I'd never visited before: Mbale, Uganda. I wasn't there to marvel at the vastness of Lake Victoria or spend a day…
July 27, 2017
Iraq: Victory in Mosul, but at what cost?
I awoke to news today that Iraqi forces were claiming victory in Mosul. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul to personally deliver a message of victory to the world:…
July 26, 2017