This November, a century-old friendship between American youth institutions was shattered in a federal lawsuit. In a bitter break to a...

At the end of October, Brazil became the latest country to move to the far-right, electing the ultra-conservative Jair Bolsonaro to the...

News of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul has crashed international headlines in...

A medical treatment plan that primarily consists of playing bingo and watching Tootsie and Batman sounds like something which is neither...

The name “subtle asian traits” might come across as modest or unassuming, but the Facebook meme group with that name is anything but...

In 1923, Joseph Stalin decided to shift the majority-Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh into Soviet Azerbaijan as an independent oblast....

In 2017, the U.S. birth rate sunk to the lowest percentage in 30 years, prompting concern from labor economists and other groups. This...

Go West, young man: Horace Greeley’s famous advice has, with one caveat, withstood the test of time. Last January, the US Census Bureau...

Over the past five years, state-owned Turkish Airlines has expanded to connect 40 destinations in Sub-Saharan Africa to Istanbul, with...

Modern environmental regulation and debate tends to focus on electric and industrial production—how it pollutes and how it can be...

The growth of astrology and similar occult practices in recent years reflects an increasing desire among young Americans to connect with...

“I’m struggling to buy food. I’m struggling to keep my phone going. It’s just a nightmare.” This helpless reaction comes from an unnamed...

2018 has been designated the Year of the Woman, and the midterm elections have confirmed the title. Though still far from attaining equal...

YouTube—home of Nyan Cats, bad celebrity lip syncs, and more—is also a breeding ground for conspiracy theorists and white supremacists....

Obesity has been labeled a “silent killer,” a modern-day epidemic plaguing the nation. Diet-related disease is the leading cause of death...

Before the “Blue Wave” of 2018, there was the “Republican Revolution” of 1994. In the midterm election of 1994, Republicans gained 54...

On December 26, 1945, France ratified the Bretton Woods agreement. With that act, the French created the “franc of the French Colonies of...

At the beginning of the 2018 school year, Providence teachers entered work-to-rule status as a bargaining tactic for a new contract....

Organ donors, both living and deceased, play a vital and lifesaving role in modern medicine. Whole-body donors play a role just as vital,...

Although the redistricting process differs across states, the power to draw districts is typically given to state legislatures. Either...