On October 26, Jimmy Morales, an ex-comedian with no political background, was elected as Guatemala’s new president. Morales’ victory...

With just over twelve months remaining for the Obama administration, the public’s attention has been focused on the president’s legacy....

“Raised in rural Idaho miles away from the closest neighbor, Dan Price founded Gravity Payments, a credit card processing company, from...

Dr. Sarah Tobin is an anthropologist at The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, with expertise in...

It’s been a seminal year for NASA. In September, the agency announced the discovery of flowing water on Mars, a finding that could...

In recent years, the Japanese population has challenged its government’s policies in public rallies on an unprecedented scale. Just this...

The environmental movement in the United States has a problem. From rooftop gardens to central parks, cities across the country have...

The last three years on Twitter have been dominated by the growing import and presence of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, an...

Approximately one year ago, Fort Lauderdale made national headlines after prosecuting a 90-year-old homeless activist and two pastors for...

It has become increasingly clear that the effects of the Arab Spring are still reverberating across the Middle East four years after the...

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, recovery in Europe has faced a series of challenges surrounding the use of the Euro,...

Before this fall, Daraprim wasn’t anything close to a household name, but this anti-parasitic drug is nothing new. The treatment for...

At 11:55 in the morning of April 25, 2015, the streets of Kathmandu were as bustling as ever. Residents and tourists alike gathered under...

In the preface of his 1945 novel Animal Farm, George Orwell remarked, “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell...

More children in the United States live in poverty today than did during the Great Recession, according to a recent report by the Annie...

In the 1990s, the tobacco industry faced prosecution under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) when it covered...

On October 22nd, ESPN ran an article as part of its “ongoing series exploring what it means to be an openly gay athlete in the...

Mere months from now, Palmyra, a wonder of the world’s ancient sites and among its best preserved for 1,500 years, may be completely...

During the 1960s, artists like Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Creedence Clearwater Revival used their music to speak out...

South Carolina’s women are being killed. In the past 10 years, more than 300 women have died at the hands of men — that’s one woman every...