Those on the receiving end of Jeff Sessions' 'tough on crime' policies are speaking out from behind bars.
Research shows how politics can easily halt reforms that require time to take effect.
There's little research into origins of the geographic patterns of language diversity. A new model exploring processes…
The digital economy in the US is already on the verge of stalling; failing to protect an open internet would further erode…
He spends his days developing artificial intelligence systems. What about AI keeps him up at night?
Are all people entitled to live in a clean and healthy environment? A legal scholar says yes, and argues for using this…
The founder of the West Virginia Dialect Project hopes to debunk some of the myths about the way Appalachian people speak…
Europe's approach to antitrust enforcement picks up where the US left off in the 1980s, when the view that breaking…
The latest Senate health care bill is still a hodgepodge of efforts to repeal Obamacare, critics say. One of their concerns…
Yes, American politics is getting uglier. Here's why.
Most Americans cling to things with sentimental value that we no longer need. Taking pictures of these possessions may make…
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church requires nearly absolute obedience. This makes it difficult to speak up against superiors.…
A recent Pew survey reported that young African-Americans are more likely to be both victims and perpetrators of cyberbullying.…
Research shows that bringing nature indoors, in the form of movement created by light, wind and water, makes occupants calmer…
Since the 1990s, the supply of deeply subsidized housing has decreased as the US population and need for housing have increased.…
Republicans have had a hard time dismantling the Affordable Care Act, despite their promises. That could be because they…
For those with reduced mobility and even just the normally aging, stairs can pose a big problem. A cheap and efficient new…
What sort of beliefs made a mass movement succeed?
Randal Quarles, the president's first nominee to the Federal Reserve's board of governors, has argued the bank should…
People who seek aid in dying tend to be white men older than 65, a new analysis shows. While this could be due to religious…