When the wealthy become unlikely allies in the fight against inequality, they often take similar steps. It all starts with…
The peach looms large in Georgia history and lore. Today the Georgia peach crop is dwindling, but its history remains deeply…
FBI data show that in 2015 anti-Muslim hate crimes spiked to the highest level since 2001. A scholar finds political rhetoric…
Catalog data are a library's most important map to knowledge. What does it mean that the Library of Congress just released…
Presidents past have used this nearly limitless power to halt criminal prosecutions before. What's to stop Trump?
Now that a judge has convicted Luiz Inacio da Silva of corruption and sentenced him him to almost a decade in prison, what's…
It's more important than ever that the U.S. understand China. So why don't our universities teach Chinese thought?
A team of archaeologists strived to improve the reproducibility of their results, influencing their choices in the field,…
You can log in to your smartphone by talking to it. Current security systems don't protect enough against imitators.…
The US government reached the limits of its borrowing capacity in March and is fast approaching the point at which it will…
Moviegoers get a hint of why Dunkirk stayed with those who lived through it, but an online archive of survivors' stories…
Holding patents can be a lucrative and powerful position to be in. Here's a proposal for how nonprofit patent holders…
It turns out a unified government isn't enough to get bills passed.
Ending violence is only a first step. Research from Colombian universities sheds light on the role of education in peace-building.
A recent study finds that noise from human activities is intruding into many parks and other protected areas. Creating quiet…
The 19th-century social gospel, which emphasized how Jesus’ ethical teachings could address poverty and inequality, continues…
What governments and companies think they know about us – whether or not it's accurate – has real power over our…
Food assistance – like SNAP benefits – can have far-ranging impacts on a person's health and well-being.
The president has promised to put a stop to foreign companies 'dumping' steel on US markets. Former President Bush…