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Kristen Waggoner, president of the Alliance Defending Freedom, outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2022—the day of oral arguments in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, in which a website design company in Colorado refused to create websites for same-sex weddings. In the end, the Court decided to green light what was previously understood as discrimination. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

BY JILL FILIPOVIC | The Alliance Defending Freedom is the group that overturned Roe v. Wade. And they’re clear on what they’re coming for next: Trans rights. Gay rights. The separation of church and state. Secularism. Anti-discrimination laws. And contraception.

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Narges Mohammadi’s husband Taghi Rahmani receives the Weimar Human Rights Award in place of his wife in Weimar, Germany, on Dec. 10, 2016. Mohammadi is currently serving a jail sentence; it has been almost nine years since she last saw her husband and children. (Michael Reichel / Arifoto Ug Alliance via Getty Images)

BY KARIN DEUTSCH KARLEKAR | Narges Mohammadi has been chosen for the Nobel Peace Prize—a victory for her freedom and the broader movement for women’s and human rights in Iran.

Mohammadi has been at the forefront of this struggle for more than 30 years. Upon receiving the news, Narges said to her father: “Yesterday was one of the best and most glorious days in prison for all of us. The women’s ward was filled with happiness, singing, and the chant ‘Woman, Life, Freedom.’ We all held hands and formed a big circle, and as we sang, ‘Hand in hand, we become a sea, a storm, a roar,’ we felt united.”

Our work is not done to gain her freedom.

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BY JANELL HOBSON | The Exorcist: Believer employs its Caribbean-based opening scene not to locate an “origin” for demonic possession, but to follow an actual blessing in the form of a protection spell over an unborn child. Given how Haiti has been traditionally demonized in Western culture, this representation already elevates this film as a counter-narrative.

In the end, the latest installment of The Exorcist does much to alter Black representations in the horror genre, giving them due reverence and centrality in a mainstream movie while also allowing them to survive.

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