Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.
For people without access to banks, community savings groups are a lifeline. New research suggests they’re good stewards of donors’ money, too.
Politics and the lack of compensation are among the factors that can undermine the peer review process, which is important to the quality of knowledge in academic journals.
In the past, adolescents’ musical palettes were dominated by the Top-40 artists, creating a widely shared – if perhaps narrow – repertoire of musical knowledge.
DEI programs bolster college students’ sense of identity and belonging. Without these programs, they stand to miss out on crucial learning and career opportunities.
Abortion once more plays a key role in a state political fight, this time in Wisconsin's court race
New Hampshire town elections offer a preview of citizenship voting rules being considered nationwide
Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown
Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
Top Russian security official, Serbian deputy PM discuss protests in Serbia, agencies say
Three years after China Eastern plane crash, regulator has not released report
Some European officials weigh if they can rely on Fed for dollars under Trump
US senator and Trump supporter Daines meets Chinese Vice Premier He with warm exchanges
Pro-Trump senator meets China’s economy tsar amid trade tensions
Reaction to death of former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman
George Foreman, heavyweight champ and purveyor of grills, dies at 76
Flights resume at London Heathrow after a daylong closure sparked travel chaos around the world
