Taiwan is running on empty, and importing fuel won’t fix the root problem: The island is in desperate need of its own energy supply. In...

Before dawn on February 6, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) raided the...

Sarah Shabbar grew up with an identity problem. As a child, she was constantly reminded by her community to be proud of her Jordanian...

Since the landmark Citizens United decision of 2010, U.S. elections have become less about voters and their voices and more about the...

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Approximately one-third of births in the US are C-sections, a strikingly high proportion compared to similarly developed countries. Yet...

Political insults in South Korea make American politics look tame. Liberals call conservatives “authoritarian pro-Japanese traitors,”...

Even after eleven years in office and three indictments for corruption, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s political...

As the United States enters a new presidential campaign season, discussions about the Electoral College are bound to resurface. The...

Silicon Valley has a secret. Beneath its comically unaffordable real estate lie 23 federally designated sites of toxic waste, 8 more than...

Twice a year, over 300 million Americans in 48 states wind their clocks one hour forward in the spring and then backward in the fall, in...

Long before he became ensnared in Trump’s infamous quid pro quo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a joke. The famous comedian...

With an initial microloan of 1,500 Egyptian Pounds—the equivalent of roughly 93 USD—Azza Abou Zeid Kobbes, a 36-year-old small business...

As eulogies of the American manufacturing worker abound in political and economic commentary, few have taken note of one of the...

On the same fateful day in 1994 that NAFTA was signed into law, a coalition of roughly 3,000 armed indigenous revolutionaries in the...

Rhode Islander Jocelyn DoCouto was like many aspiring entrepreneurs: hardworking, ambitious, but subject to burdensome licensing...

These days, recycling is out, and recycling cynicism is in. In 2017, that cynicism peaked when China axed a decades-long agreement to...

Referred to as “the single most important infrastructure project not only for this region but for the entire nation” by Governors Andrew...

The so-called “gig” economy is, for lack of a better word, gig-antic. This market, characterized by its dependence upon freelance workers...

Ask anyone who’s ever traveled to Berlin about their airport experience, and you’ll likely be met with a groan. While Berlin’s...