Written and directed by the exceptionally talented Ava DuVernay, the film — a masterful adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s bestselling book “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” — unflinchingly ...

Islamic teachings challenge the caste system and promote universal brotherhood  beyond social hierarchies. Prophet Muhammad ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

When filmmaker Ava DuVernay first read Isabel Wilkerson's 2020 book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, she was so stunned, she reread it twice. The bestselling book draws a line between India's ...

I met Minal at a retreat center in rural England in March 2023, and we became fast friends. We were there to attend a Buddhist course, with six other women from different parts of the world. Over the ...

“We were told, ‘You probably shouldn’t do that.’ ‘That’s not going to work.’ But we did it anyway.” Ava DuVernay is smiling, but there’s a steeliness to her words. The director, writer and producer is ...

Based on Isabel Wilkerson’s bestseller “Caste,” the film dramatizes Nazi Germany and connects it to other global systems of oppression. (JTA) — Early in the new drama “Origin,” the Pulitzer ...

In a week when would-be GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis told a CNN town hall, “The U.S. is not a racist country,” and his rival Nikki Haley told Fox News, “We’ve never been a racist country,” ...

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. CNN — (CNN) — ...