On the eighth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, scholar Wendy Pearlman writes about the people who risked their lives…
The college admission cheating scandal recently announced by the Department of Justice shows why colleges should admit students…
OxyContin maker Purdue has reportedly been mulling a bankruptcy filling, just as the first of around 2,000 lawsuits against…
Without its communist Soviet-style economy, North Korea would just be South Korea.
What raises a common winter storm to the level of 'bomb cyclone'? It's all about rapid, sharp changes in atmospheric…
In many cities, convention holds that there's a lane for walking and a lane for standing on the escalator. But human…
Stories passed down from the ancient world tell of self-powered machines able to move on their own – robots – playing…
The Irish continue to express gratitude for St. Patrick's unselfish commitment to their spiritual well-being, even as…
Civilian casualty counts are a powerful tool for propaganda – and for establishing peace.
The college admission scandal that involved big bribes, coaches and Hollywood actors grew out of a system that favors rich…
Citing security concerns, the US is evacuating its embassy in Caracas, where President Maduro blames the US for a calamitous…
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe is now offering a new 'polygenic risk score' that reveals your…
President Trump says that the white working class is being pushed out of the job market. But that doesn't seem to be…
Many diets make the case that eating certain types of foods will improve your health while redeeming our society and saving…
Governments should heed the expertise of the grassroots nonprofits that witness this scourge firsthand.
Recent blackface scandals that involve college yearbooks have overshadowed how yearbooks also chronicled important turning…
Adding industrial chemicals and natural alkaline minerals could slow climate change, but like other geoengineering proposals,…
China, which once processed much of the world's scrap, has slashed imports of "foreign garbage." What can…
It was 100 years ago this month that Benito Mussolini created the fascist party in Italy. Today, his life offers cautionary…