Financial crises are inevitably followed by legislation to restructure the banking system, and the ongoing problems with…
Violence in Sudan threatens to throw the troubled nation into chaos. A scholar of the region explains what is going on and…
Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions…
Despite calls to boycott the game by trans activists, the game has proved wildly popular – particularly among Black gamers.
With the expansion of Second Chance Pell grants, more colleges and universities will soon offer degree programs to students…
The Earth isn’t permanent, but it was here for four billion years before humans arrived and should be here for several…
This year’s Sierra snowpack is looking a lot like 1983’s, and that was a year of flooding and mudslide disasters. A…
It’s far easier to throw around accusations of damage to one’s reputation than it is to actually prove it in court.…
The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused…
Receiving a cancer diagnosis and undergoing cancer treatment can be a traumatizing experience. Psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin…
Since seizing power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has killed more than 3,000 civilians and pro-democracy activists.…
If the ruling to reverse the use of mifepristone stands, it will not only severely restrict abortion access for women throughout…
Effective altruism, often called ‘EA,’ is closely linked to utilitarian philosophy and calls for donors to carefully…
Everyone likes getting something for nothing, but history shows why the math behind free public transit doesn’t add up.
More than half of working-age adults over 50 with a work-limiting disability didn’t receive any benefits from Social Security…
Parents who had positive experiences in school often select schools for their children that are similar to the ones they…
The federal government wanted to give taxpayers a couple months to prepare the year’s taxes. But as filing became more…
Contrary to the idea that apes evolved their upright posture to reach for fruit in the forest canopy, the earliest known…