The genius of the Paris climate agreement was getting major oil producing countries to agree to a target, but they still…
For the 6.5 million Americans who have an incarcerated family member, COVID-19 has made an already stressful situation much…
Calls to police and hotlines by domestic violence victims increased during the pandemic. This translates into an expanded…
Just as Fidel Castro's 2016 death did not transform US-Cuba ties, his brother Raul’s exit from politics is unlikely…
As GOP-run statehouses across the country tighten voting restrictions, a bill in Congress would, its Democratic sponsors…
Only one president has done so – Franklin Delano Roosevelt – but others considered it, and even tried.
In the aftermath of Adam Toledo's death, police and a prosecutor framed the incident as a confrontation with an armed…
Since the pandemic began, parents have had to negotiate their own workplace demands and other responsibilities with around-the-clock…
The dire conditions that brought waves of Cubans to the US in the 1980s and 1990s are again escalating on the communist…
Electric scooter rides soared from zero to 88 million a year between 2017 and 2019. But launching e-scooters in cities without…
Consider the bill known as the Stark Naked Act of 1997, one of many pieces of legislation with curious, perhaps manipulative,…
India and South Africa are pressing the World Trade Organization to waive patent rights to help ramp up vaccine production.…
Though not a rich country, Colombia is unusually well equipped to handle mass migration because of its own history with…
All presidents must deposit transcriptions of their public statements with the National Archives. But in the case of Donald…
The Afghanistan War now has an end date: 9/11/21. Experts explain the history of US involvement in Afghanistan, the peace…
The U.S. is broken up into 50 states, plus territories like Puerto Rico and Guam, and a federal district, Washington, D.C.…
Brexit has reopened an old battle over Northern Irish identity, leading to clashes in the street. Scores have been injured…
There's a divergence in how a trial is conducted, what rules govern it – and the larger issue of racial justice. That…
Usually, companies use this power to secure financial benefits for themselves, such as tax or regulation relief. But increasingly,…
GDP only measures economic growth – not inequality, poverty or unpaid work like elder care. So researchers in the Netherlands…