An incident in which a Smith College employee called police on a black student who 'seemed out of place' is just…
Many cities are removing their Confederate statues. But pioneer monuments represent a racist past, too. There are at least…
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Greek philosopher Pythagoras argued against eating animals on grounds of their having souls like humans. Others spoke about…
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El 8 de agosto el Senado argentino vota sobre la legalización del aborto. Es una coyuntura incomoda para la Iglesia católica,…
Abortion support is high in Argentina, even among Catholics. That puts the church, which opposes an abortion bill up for…
Ciudad Juárez, en la frontera EEUU-México, ha sufrido altas tasas de homicidio por 12 años. Nuevos datos de suicidio…
Official records on police homicides are full of holes. A new study tries to fill in the gaps – and finds new evidence…
How do brains convert experiences into memories? New research explores the chain of events by focusing on what genes shift…
Donald Trump admires Russian President Vladimir Putin. But Putin's track record over his career reveals a serial liar,…
Brazil's evangelical Christians are an increasingly powerful political force. These conservative, faith-based voters…
The Trump administration is considering a change to how capital gains taxes are calculated that would save investors roughly…
Who hasn't been told to stretch before and after exercise to prevent injury and improve performance? There may be no…
Friendship requires that we be open to our friends’ ways of seeing things, even when they differ from our own. Is being…
The president says he's fighting his trade war because a generation of free trade has failed working-class Americans.…
New legal boilerplate in corporate merger agreements signals just how important #MeToo has become – not just as a social…
Pope Francis has said that death penalty violates the dignity of a person. But, this might just deepen the debate among…