Just seven countries worldwide regularly execute people for drug crimes, most of them authoritarian regimes. Nothing suggests…
Changes to the official mandates guiding nonprofits and government agencies might be less significant than they appear.
Pork-barrel spending – that often reviled custom otherwise known as 'earmarks' – may well help Congress pass…
The author of 'Securing the Peace,' explains what's wrong with having US ambassadors operating in one-third…
Young activists are using journalism to advance their cause. Though their work echoes student activists and journalists…
On March 24, 1980, an outspoken Salvadoran bishop was murdered after decrying his country's military regime. Thirty-eight…
When it comes to political scandals, context is king.
US law limits public employees' political activity. But in today's hyperpartisan political world, it's getting…
Crime is way down in one Flint, Michigan, neighborhood, where locals have teamed up to revamp neglected public spaces. Here,…
Most Americans identify as animal lovers and support either full or partial legal rights for animals.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal wasn't a data breach -- it was a violation of academic ethics. Maybe it's universities,…
Ghouta, Syria is being destroyed. The news from Ghouta is all about death and destruction. But Ghouta's past was all…
Asian-Americans are extremely diverse. Fear of giving the government personal data may make it more difficult to provide…
How Americans decide who can come into the country and who can stay reflects beliefs about what makes people worthy of opportunity.
Trump justice officials portray the Salvadoran gang MS-13 as a powerful drug cartel staffed with criminal undocumented immigrants.…
The Trump administration may believe they have the key to an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement – when others have failed.…
The US is only the 18th happiest country in the world. That's the lowest ranking since reporting began in 2012. What…
Kurdish female fighters are on the front lines of conflicts in Turkey, Syria and Iraq, and they bring their particular brand…
A legal scholar explains how even in the early days of the republic, Americans struggled to agree on who had the final say…
If Americans remember My Lai, they likely know that something awful happened there. On this 50th anniversary, it is worth…