Some of the issues raised by Presley’s life, particularly his early life, are enormously relevant today.

Yet our adolescent democratic republic remains unfinished. Despite its influence on the world stage, it struggles to live up to the potential embodied in its name

Rayshel aims to make his religion, the Baha’i faith, more tolerant of its LGBTQ adherents. While making his documentary, “No Matter How Fine a Love” — which he’s airing in pieces in a YouTube series — Rayshel traveled across the U.S. and to Israel to shine a light on the struggle of LGBTQ Baha’is.

Becoming Orthodox is not a conversion but more so a work in progress of a transformation of self.

For years I have had to deal with people who are members of the “Wannabe” tribe – they want to claim they are part Native.

This year, June 30 marked the beginning of the Islamic calendar's 12th month, Dhul-Hijjah in the United States.