Is there hope for a Hong Kong revolution?
Revolutions are built not on deep misery but on rising expectations. History may not provide much hope of immediate change…
Revolutions are built not on deep misery but on rising expectations. History may not provide much hope of immediate change…
Today’s autocrats rarely use brute force to wrest control. A human rights and international law scholar details the modern…
An employment law expert explains why you shouldn't use an age-related insult at work to demean an older colleague.
Since its beginnings, theater has been where the public can see what was happening, a venue for transparency and a point…
California's surgeon general has implemented schoolwide screenings for trauma. A social work professor explains why…
In a new study, a team of US scientists have used gene editing to change the genetic code of white blood cells and transform…
India's Supreme Court has allowed a Hindu temple to be built on the disputed site of a 16th-century mosque. The verdict…
How do we know that bees were around when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth? The main evidence comes from fossils – the…
Americans recycle only about one-third of the solid waste we generate. A behavioral scientist argues that with the right…
Stories like 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Jane Eyre' are still…
To quell weeks of protest over extreme inequality, Chile's president has agreed to rewrite the country's constitution,…
The United States is the only developed, democratic country that has a political culture of selling ambassadorships.
Oligarchs have made headlines recently as the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump move forward.
Customers, cities and investors are all eager for a piece of PG&E, but it isn't the only US utility that may have…
We like to think there's a silver lining to tragedy – and this may be influencing both how studies on post-traumatic…
Masting is what biologists call the pattern of trees for miles around synchronizing to all produce lots of seeds – or…
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who freed Haiti from French colonial rule in 1804, is revered as a spirit in the Haitian religion.…