US cities were designed and engineered around cars. Now some are working to increase walking and biking, but the shift isn't…
More people than ever are living with HIV, but people may overlook the fact that many of these long-term survivors are African-American…
African-American women aging with HIV often have histories of abuse and trauma, in addition to other medical conditions.…
Britain's Prince Philip recently announced he will stop driving, in the aftermath of a crash he caused after being blinded…
Ukraine's Orthodox Church recently broke off from Russia. This dispute has a history that goes back to medieval Christianity,…
China has reneged on past promises it has made to the US. With the deadline for a deal fast approaching, the solution may…
Hernán Cortés owed his conquest of the Aztecs to his expedition's unknown, unseen secret weapon: the smallpox virus.…
The National Death Penalty Archive collects documents and paraphernalia behind the thousands of executions that have taken…
Charter school operators have been capitalizing on lax laws that let them lease building space to themselves at above-market…
Cuban exiles in the US may soon be able to sue companies that use property seized from them in the Cuban revolution. If…
Will the public ever see a report from Robert Mueller's investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign…
The Catholic survivor movement in the United States was founded by two women: Jeanne Miller and Marilyn Steffel, in the…
Virginia's stark political contradictions, reflecting centuries of racism and a new liberal majority, were on display…
Presidents Day celebrates the American president – not only as a political leader, but as a moral leader. But can a president…
Calvin Coolidge, during one stretch of his presidency, was getting 15 hours of shut-eye each day, while William Howard Taft…
The US has supported a Saudi-led military coalition that has inflicted profound and deadly damage on Yemen. A Senate vote…
History shows that Congress can play an important role in checking a president's power.
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An Obama administration veteran offers some insights from his experience about driving massive increases in clean energy.
These shipments are rarely just about saving lives.