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From medieval thinkers to James Baldwin, loving one's country has never meant you can't be critical of it too.
How an uncharismatic Kentucky lawyer came to rule the Senate and remake the federal judiciary from top to bottom.
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There are 45 million Americans of German ancestry. They gave Donald Trump his winning margin in 2016. Will they do it again?
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The Boeing 737 MAX, which has been grounded since 2019 following two fatal crashes, is expected to be cleared to fly again.…
A team of researchers found the southernmost tree and forest on Earth at the extreme tip of South America. Wind limits where…
The 2020 presidential election will be the first in nearly 40 years conducted without protections from a court order that…
Si padeciste esta enfermedad y tus niveles han caído casi a la mitad tras poco más de un mes, un genetista te explica…
Unfairness alone is upsetting enough to drive people to punish lucky recipients of unfair outcomes.
An ancient Indian greeting is replacing the handshake. An expert explains its roots and why it affirms our inter-connectedness…
Extreme shrinkage of summer sea ice is just the latest evidence of rapid Arctic warming – and what happens in the Arctic…
To overhaul an election redistricting process tainted by gerrymandering, Michigan has adopted a governance mechanism prominent…
Digital educational resources are likely to remain indispensable for modern K-12 classrooms, even after the coronavirus…
They shouted, they interrupted, they insulted – and not entirely in equal measure. But Biden and Trump also touched on…
A pediatrician answers parents' questions about catching up on missed childhood vaccinations and why that's so important.