Goddesses have traditionally protected against sickness and cured the ill, according to Hindu belief. More recently they…
Though often seen as socially conservative, the Catholic church has a strong progressive strain that can be traced back…
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You may want to think twice before giving up your right to sue if you get sick, but you probably won’t have much choice.
More than 40,000 restrictions, most imposed by states, leave rights, benefits and opportunities out of reach for Americans…
Warnings about major disease outbreaks are supposed to come from national and international medical intelligence and surveillance…
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Across the United States, police are shielded from both public and departmental accountability by multiple layers of contractual…
Understanding sea ice loss requires expensive and difficult expeditions. Scientists have developed a new model that predicts…
US stocks have nearly erased much of their coronavirus losses even as many Americans continue to suffer from the pandemic's…
A choral conductor and scholar of sacred music explains what's missing from church worship with singing banned due to…
Young men make up the majority of black people killed by police in the US. That's fed a perception that black women…
Police forces across the country now have access to surveillance technologies that were recently available only to national…
If you have had COVID-19 already, are you protected from another bout of the illness? And is the presence of antibodies…
As protests over George Floyd's death consume the country, students are forcing a reappraisal of a controversial editor…
Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' to be painted on a street near the White House.…
The US may want to rethink its anti-China policy as Beijing's focus on winning hearts and minds seems to be working.
Shortages and price increases from the coronavirus pandemic are spotlighting solutions to future meat supply chain disruptions.
Higher education can help empower students to take an active role in public safety. Here are several ways to do it.
Frogs are harvested as food by the millions every year. A new study shows that uncontrolled frog hunting could drive some…