Before colonialism, India embraced homosexuality and gender fluidity. The Supreme Court's repeal of a 157-year-old gay…
A psychologist explains what can happen to individuals and societies that lose their grip on the truth.
A historian reminds us that protests in prisons are often followed by retaliation.
'Treason' is the only crime specifically defined in the US Constitution. The word is being used a lot these days,…
More than two dozen states and cities are suing over a controversial new citizenship question.
An unprecedented onslaught from the US hasn't destroyed the terrorist organization. What is the secret of its resilience?
Efforts to keep the city segregated led to one of the largest civil rights rebellions of the 1960s, and interactions between…
The allegations raised in a book on the Trump administration by Bob Woodward and an anonymous op-ed would be enough to get…
Violence against journalists is on the rise. Many people don't realize that such acts have a long tradition in the US,…
Kavanaugh thinks judges 'must be an umpire – a neutral and impartial arbiter.' So does Chief Justice Roberts.…
How did governments get the power to limit people's movements in the first place? A historian explains.
Revelations about the president's behavior in a new book and an unsigned op-ed, writes a Yale psychiatrist, support…
If the vice president and Cabinet decide that the president cannot discharge the powers and duties of his office, they can…
While Donald Trump's election may seem to US voters to present unprecedented questions of legitimacy, such questions…
Fleeing economic collapse, around 2.3 million Venezuelans have left the country over the past few years.
The evidence in the report is compelling, but experts explain there are many barriers to global leaders taking action.
The more undemocratic tendencies of the US electoral system are growing stronger. As the midterm campaign season enters…
How politicians have won over voters through the art of the comeback throughout history.
Enslaved workers used to grow cotton and mill flour. Now prisoners grind beef and crate eggs. Here, a historian explores…
The mayor of Tallahassee underspent three rivals to win the state's Democratic primary. But what awaits in the general…