Physician burnout—not Zika or Ebola—is the next big epidemic threatening our health care system. Doctors in the United States are more...

“I am an invisible man… I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids… I am invisible, understand, simply because people...

Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing racial minority in the United States and are expected to make up 10 percent of the voting...

Being involved in politics has become trendy again. Increased political polarization and nearly constant controversy in the White House...

Beverly’s bipolar disorder began early, and successive crises built up from there. As her mental stability worsened, she saw no other...

Vestigial structures are an inherent function of biology, be they penguin wings, bat bones, whale pelvises, or human wisdom teeth; they...

At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama urged a fuming crowd to translate their anger into votes. The mantra...

During election season, the economy is always a hot topic for politicians. In the United States and most European countries, there has...

Indian Health Service (IHS), the federally-funded health care program for American Indians and Alaska Natives, is the primary source of...

As the 2018 midterms loom large, many candidates and political organizations have worked tirelessly to get out the vote. Voting is the...

In 2006, Officer Eddie Boyd of the St. Louis Missouri Police Department had to resign after pistol-whipping a child and falsifying the...

Chronic lack of sleep affects more than one in three adults in the United States, and it is associated with a myriad of health problems....

For rural areas across America long under siege by the opioid epidemic, a disturbing trend has emerged: Drug users are showing up in...

San Francisco is a city of juxtapositions: concrete jungles abut natural havens; postmodern sculptures clash fiercely with the old...

Few things feel more powerful than being surrounded by young people who are taking a risk to speak out and fight for justice. Disrupting...

Education represents a path to economic and social opportunity for people across the political spectrum. However, it’s evident that this...

Sexual education in the United States is taught almost entirely within an exclusively heterosexual framework, leaving LGBTQ+ students...

Protests in Chicago often center around police misconduct or cuts to education funding. Over the past year, a political battle has...

Nowhere are the failures of public education and the American criminal justice system more apparent than in the daily lives of...

The echoes of the Battle of Blair Mountain, the nation’s largest armed labor uprising, still reverberate throughout West Virginia’s...