The US spent $213 billion paying interest on the national debt in the fourth quarter of 2022 as the Fed jacked up borrowing…
He faces strong headwinds at home and abroad as his third term as president gets underway.
A significant number of county sheriffs across the US have a particular – and false – view of their role in defending…
Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became…
The mere threat of a default was enough to see the US’s credit rating downgraded in 2021. The consequences of a default…
It was in the 1990s that the idea of Christian environmental stewardship disappeared from the rhetoric of the religious…
Prisons and jails have a long history, but they weren’t always used for the same kinds of punishment.
The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer convenes a panel of scientific experts to review available evidence…
In the age of AI, people might wonder if there’s anything computers can’t do. The answer is yes. In fact, there are…
The death of a Black motorist after a beating by five Black Memphis police officers has triggered national outrage over…
Many questions remain about next steps for US vaccine policy. But the FDA advisory panel’s hearty endorsement of a single-composition…
The rising cost of living doesn’t hit all Americans equally. Yet the benchmark figure for charting the rising cost of…
Pollsters, pundits and politicians all get it wrong when it comes to independent voters, who have become a crucial – and…
Life can be a struggle for power – not just for people but for nonhuman animals, too. An animal behaviorist explains how…
The Los Angeles area has over 20,000 active, idle or abandoned oil wells. The city and county have voted to ban new ones…
Catholic leaders’ attitudes toward LGBTQ people have shifted dramatically – but the actual theology behind them, not…
Restoring entire ecosystems is a difficult and expensive process. Thankfully, certain species, called ecosystem engineers,…