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Nelson Mandela, left, and his wife Winnie, raise clenched fists as they walk hand-in-hand from the Victor Verster prison near Cape Town, South Africa on Feb. 11, 1990.

‘Winnie and Nelson’: A new book explores a fraught political partnership

Conflict & Justice

Author Jonny Steinberg’s new book, “Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage,” explores the complex relationship between Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, two of the world’s best-known freedom fighters. Steinberg joined The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss the fraught political partnership of these iconic revolutionaries.

Thai police officers stand among demonstrators during a protest demanding the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 25, 2020.

Thailand set to legalize LGBTQ unions, a rare step in Asia

LGBTQ
Pradhyuman is seen in an undated handout image from the Netflix series "Indian Matchmaking." 

Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ stirs conversation about tradition, colorism and caste

Luke DeBoer, left, and fiancée Ida Marie Rygg on a trip to Kjerag mountain in Norway. Closed borders during the coronavirus pandemic separated them for months.

‘Love is essential’: Some EU countries relax rules for separated cross-border couples

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Indonesia’s newest Gen Z craze? Marrying someone you’ve never even dated.

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As ‘fed up’ women in Turkey leave marriages, domestic violence and divorce rates rise

Women & Gender

Divorce in Turkey is on the rise, even as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government offers tax-breaks and incentives to women to get married and start a family. Despite those efforts, women are getting married older and the rate of marriage is declining.

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These Kenyan widows are fighting against sexual ‘cleansing’

Lifestyle & Belief

In some rural parts of Kenya, widowhood means you’re of little value. Culturally, widows are considered impure, and tradition dictates that they must be cleaned — or “cleansed” — of their partners’ death. The aim is to chase away the demons; the ritual requires women to have sex — either with a relative or stranger.

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Arts, Culture & Media

Three couples — Tom and Ruth Kassoy, Kate and Mike McCabe, and Lad and Lois Shurely — talk about romance. Produced by Barrett Golding.

Couples

Arts, Culture & Media

Three couples — Tom and Ruth Kassoy, Kate and Mike McCabe, and Lad and Lois Shurely — talk about romance. Produced by Barrett Golding.

Mark and Betsey

Arts, Culture & Media

Edward Albee is the master playwright of dysfunctional coupledom. His recent play, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? portrays the ugly dissolution of a marriage. In a run of The Goat this spring in Kansas City, two married actors, Mark and Betsey Robbins, got to step into Albee’s world of festering half spoken resentments. Sara […]

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