I grew up along Romania’s Black Sea coast. My father was the first in his family to graduate from university, and my mother went to a vocational school. Being educated was unusual in our Romani ...

Charmaine Abdul-Karim said there were "frustrating" misconceptions about Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller women The founder of a Romany community group says she wants to fight back against ...

Two signs labeling people as "thieves" hang at a Chevron gas station cash register in Rowland Heights on Thursday. (Andrew J. Campa / Los Angeles Times) The signs came down almost as fast as they went ...

TIRGU BUJOR, Romania -- Tired of reading soap opera subtitles to his wife when they watched TV, Costel Pitigoi told her she should learn to read them herself. So Maria Pitigoi joined 29 other women in ...

Matthew Chapman attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in election and policy coverage.

Bulgarian Instagram user Hristiyan recently shared a video highlighting the striking similarities between the Romani gypsy language and Hindi. Hristiyan explained that he comes from one of the oldest ...