Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are quintessentially Jewish holidays, but an ethicist argues that their values that place emphasis…
Some view a retreat from democracy and the escalating effects of climate change as an unfortunate coincidence. But a new…
The US has historically asked for international support when brewing conflicts in the Middle East boiled over.
After a long prohibition, France is permitting medical cannabis trials. This isn't the first time that France is testing…
Reversing the damage from fires in Brazil's rainforest is not as simple as allowing trees to grow back. Decades of research…
Some Cuban entrepreneurs are so openly anti-communist that they sound like, well, capitalists.
California has limited medical exemptions for vaccinating children. A new law places final authority with the state public…
There's been a reversal of power between religious and secular sides of American culture. The Supreme Court is now at…
Asylum-seekers will now be prevented from applying for asylum in the United States if they could have pursued asylum in…
Between 1% and 9% of sex offenders are female. Many are 'co-offenders,' recruiting and manipulating victims for…
A 2006 Supreme Court ruling created widespread confusion about which wetlands and other waters are federally protected.…
When people get sick, they often suspect bacteria and viruses as the cause. But now the CDC is asking physicians and patients…
Haiti has been paralyzed by general strikes and crippling fuel shortages for much of September. Its government is barely…
The Canadian prime minister is the latest public figure struggling to apologize for past misbehavior. A language scholar…
Paleontologists created an evolutionary map of how croc body size changed over the last 200 million years – with some…
Electing a governor in Mississippi requires more than just a majority vote. That election law came about during a time of…
The odds are stacked against the striking workers at General Motors. A sociologist who's studied the decline of the…