Sam Brownback, the Republican governor of Kansas, expected to waltz into reelection, but recent polls showing his Democratic opponent...

In 2005, a woman identified in court documents only as “A-R-C-G-” fled from her abusive husband to the United States. She had endured...

This year at the 66th annual Primetime Emmys, three of the shows which seemed to dominate the award ceremony had significant LGBTQ...

In July, after several months of discussion, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have finally...

It is abundantly clear to anyone visiting California this year that the state is in the midst of a catastrophe. The Central Valley is...

As the battle for control of the Senate rages on, the American public grows eager for polling data to reveal which politician leads in a...

On August 5, former WBNA star Becky Hammon was appointed as a full-time assistant coach to the San Antonio Spurs, making her the first...

Nouri al-Maliki’s abdication from the position of Iraqi Prime Minister last month sent shockwaves around the Middle East and the world....

The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014,...

Magdaleno Rose-Ávila, a revered hero in many Latino communities, former CNN hero of the year and a tireless civil-rights activist, was...

Since the first Russian troops began invading Crimea, the West has considered various approaches to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine....

Mayor Bill de Blasio won New York City’s mayoralty as “the liberal progressive” candidate, vowing to divert from the previous...

In the last half-century, the idea that a regional and economic power has taken no part in military expansion or even intervention seems...

The city of Detroit is an easy target for those who like to scoff at government mismanagement. Over the last decade it has been...

Anyone who has ever lost, destroyed, or never received his or her birth certificate  knows that the only way to obtain a replacement copy...

President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff In June 2013, the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil erupted in protest over the rising cost of public...

Over the course of eight months from October to June of this year, 52,000 child immigrants have endured the long and perilous journey to...

Mass incarceration has found a comfortable home in the underbelly of American life. It slips through the cracks of democratic oversight...

On August 19, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist group, released a graphic video that depicted the beheading of the...

On November 4th,weapon owners in Texas will be able to hit the polls using their concealed handgun licenses as voter identification —...