There are about 2.5 million people of Indian descent living in the United States today. While India’s rich food and dance are celebrated in America, the caste system which Indian emigrants came from ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

(RNS) — As more institutions adopt policies against caste discrimination, disagreements about caste's prevalence among those in the Hindu diaspora are stronger than ever. (RNS) — Nearly a decade ago, ...

Ava DuVernay will host a special centered on the caste in America that will debut on ABC owned TV stations and Hulu later this month, TheWrap can reveal exclusively. Drawing from themes of caste ...

Since Bill Clinton, Democratic identity politics has challenged racial and gender caste power while focusing far less on class power. Harris needs to recapture the spirit of the New Deal, when ...

I swear, every time I hear Newt Gingrich spout off, I think of the brilliant 2020 book by Isabel Wilkerson, about the eight core beliefs that uphold a caste system. The pillar of “inherent superiority ...

Based on Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste, DuVernay's film draws a line between India's caste system, the hierarchies of Nazi Germany and the... With 'Origin,' Ava DuVernay illuminates America's racial ...

The retreat of DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion – from large parts of corporate America and the federal government may or may not sustain. It may not sustain especially if Democratic-ruled states ...

Brown University has updated its nondiscrimination policy to include caste, a system of dividing a society into hereditary classes that persists in South Asian communities. The Corporation of Brown ...

To the Editor: Throughout history, no matter the type of economic or political arrangements, human greed has usually tried to game the system for creating and distributing wealth. Thus, people got ...

PBS NEWSHOUR: New York Times columnist David Brooks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of the Boston Globe join William Brangham to discuss the year in politics, including President Trump's return to the White ...

(RNS) — Nearly a decade ago, a newly migrated Karthikeyan Shanmugam, an IT engineer from Tamil Nadu, in southern India, was puzzled, to say the least, at the caste conversations among the Hindus he ...