How preexisting conditions came to be a condition for passage of the Republicans' health care law is a complicated tale.…
Large livestock farms, known as CAFOs, have polluted air and water in many communities. A recent court decision will force…
There are over eight million Jehovah's Witnesses in 240 countries worldwide. They have no political affiliations and…
President Trump wants to renegotiate or eliminate NAFTA because of its impact on U.S. trade, but the accord is also a cornerstone…
Rules imposed after 9/11 and still on the books are getting in the way of delivering aid to conflict zones. In countries…
When it comes to politics these days, it feels like everything is 'my way or the highway.' What can colleges do…
Instead, we need to burn the entire system of financial regulation to the ground and replace it with something that supports…
Student protest has been in the political spotlight since Trump's election. Todd Gitlin, former president of Students…
A number of state constitutions have clauses restricting state funding for religious schools. Some of these go back to an…
When the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was founded 50 years ago, it was supposed to reflect the nation's disparate…
A recent case of comedian Stephen Fry being accused of blasphemy is a reminder that blasphemy laws are not unique to the…
In sports media – as in sports – no one is invincible.
An online database explores the nearly 36,000 slave voyages that occurred between 1514 and 1866.
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What Pope Francis did in his surprise TED talk was to relate the social message of Catholicism to people’s real lives.
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Enron stands as one of the most infamous scandals in business history. With a growing charter school sector and lax regulation,…
Big cash infusions can give nonprofit journalism a much-needed boost. But the ailing news industry needs more consistent…
A host of spaces that were once immune to commercial intrusion – from parks to our friendships – are now being infiltrated…
Mathematics and art are generally viewed as very different. But a trip through history – from an Islamic palace to Pollock's…