Earlier this year, Google announced it would be pulling its membership from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nonprofit...

The 7,000 illuminated balloons winding through Berlin this November 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Despite...

The New York Marriage Equality Act of 2011 promised that same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages would be treated the same in all...

Art by Katrina Machado. From the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, the notorious Keystone XL pipeline has divided the United States...

As summer approaches, glossy posters depicting majestic skylines of foreign cities will appear around college campuses nationwide,...

While West Africa faces the ravages of Ebola, potential vaccines developed a decade ago are being exhumed from what Dr. James E. Crowe...

Jyoti Singh is a name that, over the past few years, has become a symbol in India of the need for societal transformation. The world...

In the early afternoon on September 21, about 400,000 people congregated in the streets of New York City for the People’s Climate March....

Art by Ben Berke If a win-win situation ever existed in politics, the Rhode Island governor’s race might be it. Both candidates —...

According to the Migrants’ Files, over 23,000 migrants died trying to reach Europe between 2000 and 2013 — a number so staggering that...

As Colorado adjusts to the many changes brought about by the legalization of marijuana, supporters and skeptics across the country...

On his deathbed, Oscar Wilde is reputed to have quipped, “I am dying as I have lived — beyond my means.” This sense of gallows humor is...

The Syrian civil war has been marked by crimes against humanity so undeniable that they could have leapt into existence from a textbook,...

On September 18, the day of Scotland’s referendum, it was not just the Scottish that held their breath — panicked Westminster...

It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a...

Despite the intense scrutiny of the health care debate sparked by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans have overlooked a simmering...

“Be careful, someone was killed here last month,” the cab driver said as he dropped us off at the entrance to Vidigal, one of Rio de...

Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and...

South Dakota might have one Washington on Mount Rushmore, but North Dakota has pockets lined with Benjamins. The state is experiencing an...

In 2013, 400 million Indian citizens lived on less than $1.15 per day, while half did not have access to adequate sanitation. Despite...