Topless Jihad: Why Femen Is Right
The radical feminist group has ignited human-rights debates we need to have. More »
Jeffrey Tayler is an Atlantic contributing editor.
The radical feminist group has ignited human-rights debates we need to have. More »
The Tunisian woman who sparked the feminist group's nude protest last week says it was the wrong approach. But was she speaking freely? More »
Amina, a 19-year-old who hoped to join the radical protest group Femen, is also threatened with death by stoning. More »
Whether she's railing against the Catholic hierarchy or battling social conservatives, Ukrainian activist Inna Shevchenko's feminism is a contact sport. More »
In France, members of the protest group have been beaten and detained, but they're using the experience to train for a bigger challenge. More »
Why the group that inspired Pussy Riot's infamous "punk prayer" could be tough to stop. More »
Here's the first literal English translation of the lyrics, with an explanation of what they mean. More »
As its conflict with the Kremlin escalates, the opposition is playing an uncertain game on a changing chess board. More »
Saturday's mass demonstration in Moscow had plenty of fiery rhetoric, but what happens next? More »
Russia's once apolitical youth has taken to the streets of Moscow and launched the largest demonstrations since the collapse of the Soviet Union More »
More and more, shocking displays of economic inequality that might once have sparked revolution here are now just part of the fabric of everyday life More »
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker threw himself out of his hospital window at age 95—which his fans see as an act of courage More »
Heat waves and even smoke from wildfires, have engulfed the city before, but never like this More »
Russia's president has launched a blog—comments included. Now citizens of this notoriously repressive country are offering him everything from policy advice to Alice Cooper concert tickets
Much more than just a disagreement over prices is pushing Moscow to take a hard line in its gas dispute with Kiev
After 17 years in the NHL, Czech hockey star Jaromir Jagr hits the ice—and the jackpot—in Siberia.
It will take more than Obama's electoral triumph to improve the United States' strained relations with Russia
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