Long lines, shoddy preparations and incomprehensible rules: The US voting process is marred by these well-documented problems. But these...

The Republican Party is like a bunch of awkward guys on dates — trying very hard, but having trouble winning over women. With the midterm...

The recent protests by Argentina’s unions against inflation and crime barely scratch the surface of public discontent with Latin...

The Internet was born in the United States as a project of the US Department of Defense and has always enjoyed a close relationship with...

The two largest sports events of the year come with much fanfare: The NFL’s Super Bowl is famous for multi-million dollar advertisements...

“I just follow my own common sense,” a justice of 13 years told reporter William Glaberson of The New York Times, “and to hell with the...

On November 8, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act (HEA) into law. A key legislative pillar of his Great Society...

President Michelle Bachelet marked her second inauguration last month wearing the country’s traditional red, white and blue presidential...

While a recent Gallup poll showed that 50 percent of the public prioritizes environmental issues over economic growth, only 24 percent...

Today, Terry McAuliffe is the consummate political power broker: millionaire, fundraiser, influence peddler and now governor. But for one...

Nine days after the publication of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in 1988, India banned the importation and sale of the book. Four...

This article contains a discussion of sexual assault, which may be triggering for some readers. Imagine a young female-identified student...

Over 8 million people have signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), exceeding the White House’s enrollment goal for...

Although it recently snowed in Cairo for the first time in over 112 years, an Arab spring may still be blooming, with the new Tunisian...

On January 13, Belgium legalized euthanasia for children, regardless of age. The legislation is aimed at relieving terminally ill minors...

The permanently emblazoned image of poverty is a toddler in some faraway place, his tattered clothes soiled by the filth in which he...

Russia’s military intervention in Crimea, which recently resulted in a referendum on the secession and annexation of the Crimean...

On April 22, the Supreme Court heard arguments for a case that will decide the future of creative content. The case, American...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not endeared himself to his more liberal, reform-minded constituents. Last summer,...

Dan Barry’s recent New York Times article “The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse” shed light on the deplorable use of segregated workshops, which...