A 15-year-old fleeing violence in El Salvador came to the US in 1985. Her case set in motion a Supreme Court decision that…
Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico border, has suffered high levels of deadly violence for over a decade. New suicide data…
Since the 1980s, anyone can purchase firearms without legal restrictions, in the form of parts kits. But there is an ominous…
The court carefully considered what the word 'emoluments' meant at the time the Constitution was drafted.
More than 6 million US citizens can't vote because they've been convicted of a felony. But states are beginning…
There was a time when Iran and America were friends. Americans founded schools there, helped Iran handle financial crises…
Does it make sense to compare the percentage of black Americans shot by police to the percentage of black Americans in the…
Nearly half of Americans say they see a great deal of bias in the news media. But the research on this subject is unresolved.
A constitutional change in Pakistan moved power and money from the federal government to the provinces. So newly elected…
The number of Russians who said they 'really' or 'rather' like Trump significantly increased from 10 percent…
How long can a rogue regime survive international sanctions, bankruptcy, humanitarian crisis and popular unrest? When it…
History shows that the US court system isn't sympathetic to undocumented migrants when it comes to parental rights.
After weeks of protest in Haiti, sparked by a sudden rise in fuel prices, at least seven are dead and the prime minister…
Millennials are less inclined than older Americans to intervene abroad, maintain superior military power or believe the…
Turkey's close relationship with the US dates back to the Cold War. But after the June election there put nationalists…
Even when federal contractors stir public outrage, the government probably should be under fire.
An American pilot. A German aide on Capitol Hill. In the first and second world wars, the FBI effectively uprooted foreign…
Retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is the author of one of the most controversial and scorned rulings in modern…
Mexico gives poor, jobless moms up to $147 a month to feed and educate their kids. But money with strings attached may actually…
Do you suspect the American voting system needs an overhaul? If so, you're not alone.