Those even remotely cognizant of the current political climate will know that the United States is currently experiencing a period of...

March 15 marked the beginning of a landmark human-trafficking trial in Thailand in which 92 defendants are charged with establishing a...

It only takes a few minutes of browsing internet comments for one to observe just how ingrained the concept of “free speech” is in...

With $40.9 million in ticket sales on its first day, the Chinese film “The Mermaid” broke global box office records in February of this...

In 1900, Sweden ventured into brand new territory: It became the first country in the world to introduce paid family leave for new...

Britain really wants to know: Should it stay or should it go? The concept of British exit from the EU, popularly dubbed “Brexit,” has...

Ryan Lewis had been exhibiting signs of clinical depression for months. Concerned about their son, his parents decided to send him to a...

On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t,...

Situated 260 miles south of Agadir, one of Morocco’s serene beach town, is the starting point of the Moroccan Wall, a sand barrier...

In the oft-misunderstood world of monetary policy, a major debate rages about the role of negative interest rate policy in central...

A cluster of third-graders, clad in khakis and blue polos, sit for lunch facing a world map marked with notecards on dozens of countries,...

Most Americans aren’t expecting to find a beneficial program hiding in their tax return. Yet the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), despite...

From driving tests to downtown, parking is the bane of drivers young and old. Limited parking is an accepted and unavoidable fact of life...

The Rhode Island government recently signed RhodeWorks, a new initiative to repair over 600 bridges and roads in Rhode Island by...

For a long time, weather control was merely the stuff of Greek myths, super powers, or science fiction novels. But experimentation with...

Even though Liberia saw its first case of Ebola in three months in early April, the danger of the epidemic that claimed around 11,000...

On the eve of the Holocaust, Hitler addressed a gathering of Wehrmacht commanders at his home in Obersalzberg, just a week before the...

As spring fast approaches, 42 million American households are beginning to plan and design their gardens. Over the last five years,...

Since its inception at the turn of the 20th Century — when the industrial revolution enabled mass production of garments — the fashion...

On March 4, a cohort of armed men stood waiting on the road to Tumeremo, a small town in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar. Since early...