New research confirms that unfair police treatment is psychologically damaging and that the consequences are decidedly worse…
More people are getting involved in sex work, especially online – and it can be a lifeline for marginalized people.
The fighting between Israelis and Palestinians grew quickly and ferociously after being ignited by a conflict in an Arab…
School teaches us to read a text carefully in order to understand it. But on the web, ignoring information is a survival…
Free speech is a long American tradition -- but so are attempts to restrict free speech. A First Amendment scholar writes…
Myanmar's culture values men over women – and the military, which staged a Feb. 1 coup, brutally enforces the patriarchy.…
The law continues to treat intimate partner violence like a bar fight – considering only what happened in a given violent…
The wealthy textile manufacturer harbored ambitions that went far beyond the well-being of his own workforce and depleted…
The costs make it harder for farm families to grow their businesses.
Each state has its own rules for which vaccines kids must have to attend school and the reasons students can opt out.
Fragmented authority for national cyber defense and the vulnerabilities of private companies that control software and infrastructure…
Haitian president Jovenel Moïse is accused of overstaying his term, embezzling funds and dismantling parliament. Protests…
Many states have found ways to remove partisan politics from their court systems.
Police are sworn to protect the public, but cadets are still trained for battle – not public service – according to…
As American troops leave Afghanistan, a scholar of the country's history and culture reexamines his photos of the nation's…
A civil rights scholar looks at the large number of anti-transgender policies being debated and passed in state capitols.…
The leftist Democratic Socialists of America was tiny before the 2016 election. Now, with 90,000 dues-paying members and…
With Democratic voters already packed into a small number of districts, reducing voter turnout won't really lower the…
HFCs keep refrigerators cool, but when these short-lived climate pollutants leak, they warm the planet. The US EPA has a…
Police officers who kill, injure or violate the rights of citizens are often not held accountable, even in civil court –…