The U.S-Mexico border runs through Native American territories. A wall would further divide these communities, separating…
Hawaii's fight for statehood was long and waged primarily against racist US lawmakers who feared admitting a majority…
If undocumented immigrants choose not to fill out the questionnaire, then the official population of several states would…
The revolution begun by Syrians exactly eight years ago has been won – by the murderous leader they rebelled against.…
Three scholars react to the spectacle, finger-pointing and long-term harms of the stalemate in British Parliament.
The American Israeli Public Action Committee has managed to work with Democrats and Republicans alike. Will that change…
A new study looks at obituaries of private military contractors killed at war. The majority are white men with significant…
On the eighth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, scholar Wendy Pearlman writes about the people who risked their lives…
Without its communist Soviet-style economy, North Korea would just be South Korea.
Civilian casualty counts are a powerful tool for propaganda – and for establishing peace.
Citing security concerns, the US is evacuating its embassy in Caracas, where President Maduro blames the US for a calamitous…
Governments should heed the expertise of the grassroots nonprofits that witness this scourge firsthand.
Sen. Martha McSally has broken gender barriers right and left. Despite the power she amassed over a career of firsts, she…
New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft's criminal charges in a suspected sex trafficking case draw new attention to this…
The Syrian civil war has ended, but there are millions of Syrian refugees living in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. With danger…
Hundreds of thousands of women helped the Nazi cause. Few ever faced justice.
These youngsters have ample fervor, and they are dramatically photogenic. Dismissing them as being fake or lightweight can…
In a pilot program, older prisoners sentenced to life mentor younger prisoners who have a chance to lead productive, lawful…
Brazil's president has threatened military intervention in neighboring Venezuela, called its leader a 'dictator'…
A new act requires that all nonsensitive government data be made available publicly by January 2020. But the plan could…