India's caste system is among the world's oldest forms of surviving social stratification. The BBC explains its complexities. The system which divides Hindus into rigid hierarchical groups based on ...

Twice-impeached former president Donald Trump apparently thinks that the U.S. government should be a caste system, rather than a democracy — but that doesn’t mean he can explain how a caste system ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday announced that India will conduct its next population census in 2027, which will also include caste enumeration, marking a major shift in the country's demographic ...

In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as "caste discrimination" in the U.S. Seattle became the first city to ban caste discrimination in February. Now California may add ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

The story so far: The Supreme Court of India ruled on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) that a Pastor from the Madiga community in Andhra Pradesh could not claim to be a member of a Scheduled Caste as he had ...

(RNS) — As more institutions adopt policies against caste discrimination, disagreements about caste's prevalence among those in the Hindu diaspora are stronger than ever. (RNS) — Nearly a decade ago, ...

Rahul Ranjan is a doctoral student at Maharaja Surajmal Brij University in Bharatpur. His research focuses on identity politics in the press and publications, with an emphasis on modern Indian history ...

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