Phoebe Seham, founder of the Women's Rights Information Center of Englewood, New Jersey, passed away in Chatham, NJ on May 14, 2019. Phoebe led a social justice movement that changed the lives of ...

In her home country of Yemen, Seham Aldafari grew up in a community where poverty was visible all around, electricity was unreliable, and women were discouraged from pursuing higher education and ...

The American family of a Libyan politician is pleading for her safe return after she was dragged from her home in Benghazi by military-clad officials last week. Seham Sergiwa, a women’s rights ...

In America we think of politicians as the butt of a lot of jokes, or at the elected officials who don't always quite seem to keep all of the various promises they made while out on the campaign trail.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...