The perennial tug-of-war between government interests and individual liberties is playing out in the battle over encrypted…
Arguments before the US Supreme Court on birthright citizenship – awarded to those born in the US – actually focused…
A shaky truce is still in place in Lebanon. But the country remains on a tenuous footing with Israeli forces in the country’s…
The Trump administrations has canceled more than 1,400 federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer…
Congress − the first branch of government listed in the Constitution − has been relegated to second-class status.
As climate-related disasters grow more frequent and intense, one group remains dangerously underprepared: older adults.…
In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying…
Francis’ papacy honored Latin American Catholics killed for their social justice work, a theologian explains – and Leo…
Society as a whole can benefit from programs that protect kids because the harms experienced in childhood can last a lifetime.
What do Sudoku, AI, Rubik’s cubes, clocks and molecules have in common? They can all be reimagined as algebraic equations.
Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.
Looking to the stars is an important part of how Pacific voyagers navigate. But deep knowledge of ocean currents, winds…
Today’s supercomputers are enormously powerful, but the work they do − running AI and tackling difficult science −…
Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body…
Instead of promoting diversity, many social networks and other popular digital platforms function as machines for the production…
Federal regulations govern which pesticides can be used and give specific directions for applying them. Ignoring those directions…
Racial achievement gaps virtually vanished when students answered quizzes during remote learning.
Building a stronger Detroit means stabilizing housing, using vacant land to benefit the public and investing in social infrastructure.
Since the 1800s, Congress has enacted laws to ensure that federal workers are hired on the basis of their professional qualifications…