The idea of a ‘witch’ was usually female in Western Europe, but not so in Orthodox Russia – partly because of the…
Accused men were protected by the SBC while the women who dared to speak up were called sluts, adulteresses, Jezebels and…
A linguist explores the origin of the word ‘father’ – and why derivatives are common in languages across the globe.
The prosecution and death sentences handed out to two British and one Moroccan national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops…
Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.
Starbucks Workers United has already organized 146 locations in about six months. While that’s a fraction of Starbucks’…
An increasing number of college students say they were victims or perpetrators of sexual assault – and that victims were…
This technology, popular when automobiles first caught on, had a short resurgence in the 1970s.
A sociologist shares what his research has taught him about migration.
A scholar of Islam writes about how widespread authoritarianism in the Muslim world shapes governments’ foreign policy…
A bigger-than-expected jump in inflation means the Fed may have to get more aggressive about interest rate hikes. An obscure…
Non-opioid directives allow patients to refuse opioids in all health care settings. For surgical procedures that require…
The text-to-art program DALL-E 2 generates images from brief descriptions. But what does it mean to make art when an algorithm…
Uninvited and inexperienced visitors arriving with good ideas and wads of cash can take time and energy away from what displaced…
Other presidents used the Defense Production Act to boost fossil fuel supplies. Biden is using it to replace them with clean…
A deadly neurological infection, chronic wasting disease, has been detected in deer, elk and moose in 30 states and four…
Four decades after the first Supreme Court ruling on the rights of students with disabilities, Congress has not made clear…