Asma Jama was struck in the face with a glass mug after speaking Swahili in a restaurant in Minnesota. After the trial ended and the attacker pleaded guilty, the attacker's sister reached out to Jama.
Along with the SEAL officer candidate, another woman is up for an elite job as a special boat operator, some 18 months after the Pentagon opened front-line combat jobs to women.
With bright skirts flouncing, 15 young women ascended the steps of the Texas State Capitol in Austin. "We will not meet this law on its hateful level," declared 17-year-old Magdalena Juarez.
State education officials have approved a set of optional guidelines for transgender students -- a "toolkit" with suggestions for district professionals on topics like field trips, sports and restrooms.
A poster offers advice on how a bystander can help someone experiencing anti-Muslim harassment -- without challenging the harasser. "Education is key to fighting intolerance," the mayor says.
Fifty years ago, tensions boiled over on north Minneapolis' Plymouth Avenue
The memorial created a debate over whether a satanic monument should also be included in the park.
Social support networks can help mothers of teenagers navigate through difficulties and maintain closeness with their children, researchers have found.
Four hundred thousand people people have recorded their stories for radio and the Library of Congress via StoryCorps and Isay says it's important to tell the truth about who we are as human beings, in order to reduce fear and increase hope.
A 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision ensuring that Native Americans in Wisconsin had the right to spearfish was met with raucous protests. The same would soon follow in Minnesota.
An Aspen Ideas Festival program that ponders the implications of an America where the places we live are increasingly crowded with people who live, think and vote just like we do.
Every year New York Times columnist and NPR commentator David Brooks gives an hour-long lecture, and he titled this one, "The Second Mountain: The Next Big Challenge in Your Life."
When victims did report to the police, their assailants were arrested in just 10 percent of the cases.
A message sent Thursday to the Council on American Islamic Relations' Minnesota and Southern California offices threatened violence with "horrific, violent camel jockey piercing rounds of ammo."
Awkward conversations may be painful to stumble through, but they are a part of building connections with others.
Technically speaking, it's not illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia. However, Manal al-Sharif was still arrested for doing just that.
Some minorities have mixed feelings about the revelry of fireworks and parades in an atmosphere of tension on several fronts.
1A host Joshua Johnson moderates a panel of three journalists who discuss the best way to bridge political divides -- listening.
Clarence B. Jones worked along side Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights movement. He recounted the amazing stories behind some of King's most famous speeches and writings.
It is clear that less meat is good morally and environmentally, but no meat may not be as good as some may think, says blogger Marcelo Gleiser.