As evangelicalism spreads across Brazil, some of Rio de Janeiro's most notorious gangs see minority religions as an…
Transgender people experience high rates of discrimination in housing and shelter services.
Even if other parts of the federal government shut down, Congress could – and would have to – keep working. A legal…
Public officials are now in the spotlight: Does the public view them as professionals, bound by duty, or as elites who invoke…
When the founders wrote the Constitution, they had to devise a punishment fitting for a civil servant's impeachment.…
Trump's recent comments echo a troubled history of the use of dogs against people of color, as well as pejorative depictions…
At historic sites across the South, you'll often find a white woman, dressed in Colonial clothes, cooking in a big house…
Dozens of Muslim-majority countries are asking the UN's International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute a…
Despite the headlines, the biggest concerns of students on college campuses are not politics, discrimination or free expression.
Black Americans who grow up in racially segregated areas tend to have worse health, education and future economic prospects.…
Drones could help United Nations peacekeepers save civilians' lives – but there are obstacles.
Building a lasting peace in Afghanistan will take much more than an accord with the Taliban. In post-conflict nations, economic…
Marginalized groups said that they had experienced discrimination at the workplace, at the doctor and with the police.
The Roman senate declined from a long-held position of authority under the Roman Republic to become almost wholly reliant…
A teen asks why so many young people don’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance or the national anthem. The data shows that…
President Trump refuses to provide information to lawmakers in the impeachment inquiry. But courts have been reluctant to…
Ukrainians may grudgingly accept compromise plan to resolve separatist conflict, but in so doing they could hand Russia…
No 'blue wall of silence:' A military lawyer explains why the US armed forces take accountability and justice seriously.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized for his city's 'stop-and-frisk' police strategy. Two criminologists…
Many women, Muslims and members of oppressed castes in India lack government-issued ID. Yet these documents may soon be…