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Forty-five-year-old Mamta Shah met her second husband at a student union in 2012, and they soon shared a cramped Houston apartment to begin their new life together. Shah had recently fled Nepal and an abusive marriage, gaining asylum status in the United States for her condition. She had endured the violent, volatile tendencies of her […]

DUBLIN, California –– When 29-year-old Srishti Prabha said she was sexually harassed by her boss at her first job, she said she did not file a complaint with human resources. She did not find a lawyer and contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. There were no courtroom dramas or scalding accusations.  Why? Because the only […]

“Dekhiye,” snaps Kajol, staring fiercely into Shah Rukh’s playful gaze. “Please leave me alone.”  Her words are powerful, and her message is clear. It’s a warning sign, one as clear as crystal and firm as stone. Yet her words are accompanied with the romantic theme song of the age-old, “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.” Violins lilt […]

Carved into the 64,000 rugged acres of Wasco County is the Washington Family Ranch — a single-story Christian youth camp flanked by the eastern hill of Mt. Hood and the gurgling Columbia River. Complete with biblical workshops and dynamic worship activities, the recreation center fits like a puzzle piece into the rest of rural Oregon’s […]

Maybe We’re The Punchline of Todd Philips’s  Joker: A Review “You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it! I just do things. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I’m not a schemer. I try to show schemers how pathetic their […]