The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can…
The key to civic coexistence might be learning to look out for neighbors even if we can’t stand them. No friendly feelings…
More powerful storms and melting glaciers are flooding communities across the region again, with devastating effects, particularly…
By blaming chronic disease and disability on food and toxins and ‘just asking questions’ about widely accepted science,…
Invites are rescinded, teams and singers are booed, and citizens wonder if they should disclose their nationality. Israelis…
The US and Europe hope protections for Ukraine can end the conflict. But previous attempts have fallen flat.
The English cleric and economist’s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different…
Two new studies challenge scientists’ previous theories on how the very first stars in the universe formed.
Photography possesses a certain built-in bluntness that can lend itself to images that are destabilizing and dryly funny.
The MAGA base is not happy. Trump’s handling of the Epstein controversy has done significant damage to his standing, particularly…
In 1982, the brutal beating and death of Vincent Chin near a Detroit nightclub enraged the Asian American community and…
Gerrymandering has existed since the United States’ earliest days, but now technology and political trends are supercharging…
Even though you may mostly hear about fires in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, it’s Africa that has far and away…
For Americans who do not follow evangelical Christian media, James Dobson may not have been a household name. Yet the views…
Old-school parenting strategies like ‘go to your room!’ can often amplify the very behavior that parents want to correct.
Historically, farm work in the United States has been carefully constructed to appear natural, including the racism and…
Two legal scholars argue that public education helps the US maintain the nation’s fundamental values of equality and fairness…
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the…
The elimination of the Business and Human Rights team strips US companies of critical guidance just as new international…