While the Department of Defense (DoD) may not commonly be seen as a leader in environmental sustainability efforts, the US military has...

The history of Indigenous peoples in the United States is replete with genocide, erasure, and forced assimilation. Oppression of...

Poised on the cutting edge of innovation, American universities continuously challenge the frontiers of knowledge in the pursuit of...

An industry promoting its own scientific studies, denying existing and factual data, lobbying departments within the government, and...

As American politics becomes increasingly polarized, the two-party system has become an obstacle to healthy government. Extremism often...

For much of the early 20th century, only a handful of film studios dominated the movie industry. The “Big Five”—Paramount, Warner Bros.,...

When American founding father Elbridge Gerry said, “the evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy,” he probably didn’t have...

The opioid crisis is one of the worst public health emergencies ever to plague the United States. In 2017, 72,000 people died from drug...

In the era of Trump, trade is a touchy topic. His barbed attacks on existing institutions and norms have angered allies both on our...

US military advantage has long relied on the superiority of US scientists, but China’s aggressive commitment to artificial intelligence...

On election night, a rainbow settled over the United States capital. Like so many of the events in this past year, it seemed stranger...

The global community has proven sluggish in responding to climate change, but nations have been quick to position themselves to prosper...

In October 2018, a referendum to split California into three states almost made it onto the state ballot, gathering more than 600,000...

From the 12th to the 14th of September, the streets of San Francisco and the extensive ranks of the global environmentalist community...

Presidents have often alluded to manifest destiny when discussing space exploration: outer space is the next frontier. Presidential...

Congress recently passed an opioid policy package allocating $8.4 billion to address the drug epidemic that claimed 72,000 lives just...

An election in Georgia may result in the first woman of color becoming governor in the US. Of any state. Ever. That woman’s name is...

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of the century: Roe v. Wade. Crafting an argument...

Helicopters with sniper rifles, cyanide landmines, and poison bombs dropped from the sky: The practices of Wildlife Services sound more...

In every single congressional session since 2003, Congressman Steve King (R-IA) has introduced the English Language Unity Act (HR 997),...