As authorities around the world scramble to draw up guardrails for artificial intelligence, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warns against moving too fast on regulating the rapidly developing technology before it’s fully understood
October 26, 2023
Oregon State and Washington State claim the actions of the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff in response to members announcing their intent to leave the conference show those departing schools relinquished their rights to decide the long-term future of the league
October 25, 2023
Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes
October 25, 2023
The Buffalo Bills haven’t looked like Super Bowl contenders in a month
October 25, 2023
A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should the school district take care of the teacher
October 25, 2023
The city of Orlando is moving forward with plans to create a memorial on the property of the Pulse nightclub, where 49 people were massacred seven years ago
October 25, 2023
Being open to the possibility you could be wrong about your beliefs is an important part of learning about the world. But this trait is not enough on its own.
October 25, 2023
A new study from PEN America finds that tens of thousands of books are banned or restricted by U.S. prisons
October 25, 2023
Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law requiring transgender people to undergo sterilization surgery in order to officially change their gender is unconstitutional
October 25, 2023
Some U.S. lawmakers are demanding that seafood processed in two Chinese provinces be banned from entering the U.S. market because of concerns about rights abuses
October 24, 2023
Attorney and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis has pleaded guilty to a felony charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia
October 24, 2023
Ghosts can be spooky fun, but there’s no evidence they exist.
October 24, 2023
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
October 24, 2023
An obscure Mexican engraver named José Guadalupe Posada created the satirical skull in the early 1900s and sold it for a penny. But after he died, it took on a life of its own.
October 24, 2023
To appeal to a new generation of philanthropists, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is ditching the word “foundation” and establishing itself with a new name: Brooklyn Org
October 23, 2023
Local elections in Democratic strongholds at both ends of Pennsylvania next month could show how voters feel about progressive candidates and issues such as abortion and crime ahead of the 2024 election
October 23, 2023
Author Salman Rushdie called for the unconditional defense of freedom of expression as he received a prestigious German prize
October 22, 2023
A K-9 police dog's attack on a Black motorist in Ohio is resurrecting questions about race relations and law enforcement tactics
October 22, 2023
Michigan State showed Adolf Hitler’s image as part of a pregame quiz on videoboards before playing No. 2 Michigan, and later apologized for the inappropriate content provided by an outside source
October 22, 2023
For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is feeding into a longer-term pessimism about the country’s core institutions
October 21, 2023
The fallout from the Israel-Hamas war has spilled into workplaces everywhere, with corporate leaders from the highest ranks of prominent companies weighing in with their views while workers complain their voices are not being heard
October 21, 2023
The battle over how to teach reading has landed in court
October 20, 2023
The Supreme Court says it will indefinitely block a lower court order curbing Biden administration efforts to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security
October 20, 2023
A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax
October 20, 2023
A new documentary “Uncharitable,” from “Paris Trout” and “Losing Isaiah” director Stephen Gyllenhaal, puts the long-running debate in the nonprofit sector over the role of overhead back in the spotlight
October 20, 2023
The International Olympic Committee has dismissed claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin of “ethnic discrimination” against athletes who are excluded from international sport
October 20, 2023
Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he is torn by the conflict in Israel since he has Jewish friends but understands that the situation of the Palestinians is dire
October 20, 2023
Liberal discontent over rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority is playing a role in Pennsylvania’s top-of-the-ballot election this fall
October 19, 2023
A tale of quick-witted survival during the Israel-Hamas war has turned a 65-year old woman into an unlikely folk hero in Israel
October 18, 2023
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league still needs to hire more minority head coaches
October 18, 2023
Independent presidential candidate Robert F
October 18, 2023
Vaccine policies fall on a spectrum, from mandates to recommendations. Deciding what to use and when is not so much a science but a balancing act between personal autonomy and public good.
October 18, 2023
Donors and grantmakers often pressure nonprofits to spend as little as possible on fundraising and overhead.
October 18, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom often touts California's leadership on the national stage
October 18, 2023
At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows agreement on at least one issue: The United States' two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting
October 18, 2023
Athletics reliever Trevor May ripped Oakland owner John Fisher and implored him to sell the franchise while announcing his retirement Monday in an empassioned video message
October 17, 2023
As American Jews grieve, many are giving as well.
October 17, 2023
A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating wryness and quiet beauty.
October 17, 2023
India’s top court has refused to legalize same-sex marriages passing the responsibility back to Parliament
October 17, 2023
Republicans have rejected congressman Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot
October 17, 2023
Israel is a small country in a big world. It’s like a little house on a big street. Sometimes, this house faces challenges. There are groups and people who don’t like Israel. One such group is called Hamas. They sometimes send dangerous rockets into Israel, trying to hurt the people there. Over the past week, we have seen the aftermath of the violence that has taken place between Israel and Gaza. There have been over 100 fatalities, including children’s deaths. Homes, schools, and hospitals have been wrecked.. Israel is bombing Gaza because of constant rocket attacks. Terror groups like Hamas
October 16, 2023
Italian lawmakers have marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi roundup of more than 1,200 Roman Jews in the Holocaust with a debate on a measure to partially fund a long-delayed Holocaust Museum in the capital
October 16, 2023
The Supreme Court has rejected North Carolina’s appeal in a dispute with animal rights groups over a law aimed at preventing undercover employees at farms and other workplaces from taking documents or recording video
October 16, 2023
The Osage murders of the 1920s are just one episode in nearly two centuries of stealing land and resources from Native Americans. Much of this theft was guided and sanctioned by federal law.
October 16, 2023
Rep. Jim Jordan becoming House speaker would help cement the far right’s takeover of the Republican Party and trigger conflict with Democrats over the size and scope of government
October 16, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says the United States shouldn't take in any Palestinian refugees if they flee the Gaza Strip because they are “all antisemitic.”
October 15, 2023
The Republican Party’s White House hopefuls are offering conflicting messages on the growing foreign policy challenges that include the Israel-Hamas war
October 15, 2023
Poland is holding an election Sunday that many view as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism
October 14, 2023
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has benefited from waiting to reveal where he stood as the swing vote in a chamber closely divided between Democrats and Republicans
October 14, 2023
The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law
October 13, 2023
For more than a month, Darryl George, a Black high school student in Texas, spent each school day sitting by himself in punishment over his hairstyle
October 13, 2023
Fran Drescher said Thursday that she is baffled and disappointed that Hollywood studios abruptly broke off talks this week with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
October 13, 2023
The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least two feet long crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides
October 13, 2023
On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, speakers called attention to a nationwide backlash against LGBTQ+ rights
October 13, 2023
A federal judge will allow enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico’s largest metro area
October 11, 2023
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is defending her decision to treat gun violence as a public health epidemic by presenting statistics on recent firearms seizures, reduced reports of gunfire in the Albuquerque metro area and an uptick in jail bookings
October 11, 2023
President Joe Biden's interview with prosecutors over his handling of classified documents signals that a sprawling investigation that has included questioning of some of his closest aides is nearing a conclusion
October 10, 2023
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are calling for social media platforms to adopt better content-moderation policies and other fixes
October 10, 2023
It’s part of a decadeslong trend.
October 10, 2023
Geraldine Brooks’ “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” have won awards from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation
October 10, 2023
Not enough time is being set aside for school counselors and psychologists to help students work on mental health issues, a professor of school psychology says.
October 10, 2023
Another Republican presidential candidate has dropped out of the crowded 2024 field
October 09, 2023
Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract
October 09, 2023
Native Americans are celebrating their histories and cultures with events across the country marking Indigenous Peoples Day
October 09, 2023
Two political outsiders have taken steps to launch independent or third-party presidential bids over the past week
October 09, 2023
Australians appear likely to reject a proposal that would create an advocate for the Indigenous population in a referendum outcome that some see as a victory for racism
October 09, 2023
Burnout and deteriorating mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression are affecting religious leaders at a worrisome pace
October 08, 2023
Impeachments are supposed to be for crimes committed in office while recalls are intended to remove elected officials suspected of corruption or gross negligence
October 08, 2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have made California the first state in the nation to outlaw discrimination based on caste
October 07, 2023
Ballot drop boxes have been a prime target for those pushing right-wing conspiracy theories that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and that voting results can’t be trusted
October 07, 2023
New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI’s secretive 2018 dig for a legendary cache of Civil War-era gold
October 07, 2023
A federal judge in Oklahoma has declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers to provide gender-affirming care to young transgender people
October 06, 2023
From Alcatraz Island to a park in New York City, Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience with ceremonies, dances and speeches
October 06, 2023
African immigrant writers possess particularly acute insights into the way race and racism affect daily life in the US.
October 06, 2023
Many states are shifting their approach to sex education in K-12 schools with stricter regulations on when and what students learn about their bodies
October 06, 2023
A former High Court chief justice and dozens of legal academics are rebutting key arguments used in the public campaign against Australians creating an advocacy body for the Indigenous population
October 06, 2023
Progressive activist Cornel West will run for president in 2024 as an independent, not as a member of the Green Party
October 05, 2023
The architect of legislation to give the Milwaukee Brewers more than $614 million to cover repairs at American Family Field is defending the proposal to fellow lawmakers
October 05, 2023
History suggests that there’s risk of overplaying one’s hand when new technology is lurking.
October 05, 2023
Comedians like Stephen Colbert might mock the entertainment mecca, but live theater is in too much of a crisis to dismiss the town’s formula of spectacle meets story.
October 05, 2023
In parts of the world, religiously unaffiliated people are increasing in numbers, and can safely and publicly be an atheist or agnostic
October 05, 2023
In the Middle East and North Africa, where religion is often ingrained in daily life’s very fabric, rejecting faith can come with consequences
October 05, 2023
Ask Americans what their religion is, and nearly 1 in 3 say this -- none
October 05, 2023
In the Middle East and North Africa, where religion is often ingrained in daily life's very fabric, rejecting faith can come with repercussions
October 05, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris and other national leaders praised the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein as a leader of uncommon integrity and defender of American values
October 05, 2023
Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot, suggested that America’s top general be executed and mocked a political opponent’s husband who was beaten with a hammer
October 05, 2023
Ask Americans what their religion is, and nearly 1 in 3 say this -- none
October 05, 2023
In Uruguay, a small nation of some 3.3 million people, more than half identify as “nones” – atheist, agnostic or other religiously unaffiliated – the highest portion in Latin America
October 05, 2023
Steelers running back Najee Harris is tired of people piling on the Pittsburgh coaching staff during his team’s sluggish start
October 04, 2023
State election officials and privacy advocates are raising alarms about a push by several conservative groups to gain access to state voter rolls
October 04, 2023
The Associated Press and theGrio have come together for a candid conversation about issues facing Black Americans ahead of the 2024 election and amid high levels of polarization
October 04, 2023
“Star Trek” actor and political activist George Takei has a picture book scheduled for next spring that draws upon his early childhood years spent in internment camps for Japanese Americans
October 04, 2023
Jill Biden is urging women to talk to their doctors about getting mammograms or other cancer screenings during October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 04, 2023
Pope Francis is shaming and challenging world leaders to take concrete action to slow climate change before it’s too late
October 04, 2023
Republican California congressman Kevin McCarthy's ouster from the speaker role has left the House of Representatives roiling
October 04, 2023
Defense attorneys for two Denver-area police officers charged in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain are trying to cast doubt on whether a neck hold by police contributed to his death
October 04, 2023
GOP presidential candidate Mike Pence, the former vice president, chastised a group of hard-right Republicans who ousted Kevin McCarthy from his role as House speaker Tuesday, saying that “chaos is never America’s friend.”
October 03, 2023
Policymakers and others often invoke the 1957 Russian launch of sputnik when trying to spark a discussion about education reform. A rhetoric scholar examines how often they succeed.
October 03, 2023
Foreigners with guns are met with hostility in most countries in the world
October 03, 2023
Colorado’s highest court says it will hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition
October 03, 2023
U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has railed against unauthorized migrants, human-rights laws and “woke” critics of her hardline policies at the Conservative Party's annual conference
October 03, 2023
Paul Harding’s Maine-based historical novel “This Other Eden,” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian “Chain-Gang All-Stars” and Justin Torres' multi-generational “Blackouts” are among the fiction finalists for the National Book Awards
October 03, 2023
When Ron DeSantis said during last week’s Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, some anti-abortion activists called it the news they had been waiting months to hear
October 03, 2023
Actor and disability rights advocate Selma Blair has helped President Joe Biden salute the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, displaying a touch of the comedic timing that made her a star in Hollywood hits like “Legally Blonde” and “Cruel Intentions.”
October 02, 2023
The office of Montana's Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling in which a judge said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming
October 02, 2023
Clergy sexual abuse survivors have unveiled a proposed new church law calling for the permanent removal of abusive priests and superiors who covered for them
October 02, 2023
VAR was supposed to put an end to all of this
October 02, 2023
New regulations in Nebraska require trans youth seeking gender-affirming care to wait seven days to start puberty blocking medications or hormone treatments
October 01, 2023
The Supreme Court seems a bit quieter than in recent years as the justices begin a new term
October 01, 2023
A European governmental body has condemned the decision by Turkey’s Supreme Court to confirm the aggravated life sentence for activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala
September 30, 2023
Abortion opponents in Ohio are at odds over how to frame their opposition to a reproductive rights amendment on the state’s November ballot and over longer-term goals on how severely they would restrict the procedure
September 30, 2023
The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrunk their territory from a 2.5 million acre expanse in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse
September 30, 2023
The nation's LGBTQ+ leaders are lauding the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein as a longtime friend who learned and evolved to become an ally
September 30, 2023
The Supreme Court is returning to a new term with familiar topics such as guns and abortion, as well as concerns about ethics swirling around the justices
September 30, 2023
Poland’s opposition leader Donald Tusk is leading a march in Warsaw on Sunday aimed at energizing supporters and winning new hearts in his against-the-odds battle to unseat the right-wing government in the nation’s upcoming parliamentary election
September 30, 2023
As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.
September 29, 2023
During the civil rights era, Black teachers were valued members of the community and often taught generations of family members.
September 29, 2023
The complexities of abortion-related politics in the post-Roe v. Wade era are continuing to put the squeeze on Republican Daniel Cameron
September 28, 2023
A ruling by North Dakota’s Supreme Court has jeopardized funding for major parts of the state government
September 28, 2023
A monument has been unveiled in Detroit that commemorates a white mother slain while doing civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and the Black friend who helped raise her children after her death
September 28, 2023
A sharply divided privacy oversight board says the FBI and other government agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications of U.S. citizens collected through a secretive foreign surveillance program
September 28, 2023
Year after year, public schools have come up short on STEM teachers. An education policy scholar pushes for a novel solution.
September 28, 2023
With Donald Trump absent again, Republican presidential hopefuls took potshots at each other but agreed that Bidenomics isn’t cutting it.
September 28, 2023
President Joe Biden has issued one of his most dire warnings yet that Donald Trump and his allies are a menace to American democracy
September 28, 2023
The Senate has voted to reverse an informal guidance issued by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week that senators could wear what they want when voting or speaking in the chamber
September 28, 2023
Virginia Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the rhetoric being used by their Democratic opponents in abortion-focused messaging in this year’s critical legislative elections
September 27, 2023
The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered all judges to address people in court by the pronouns they use or by “other respectful means.”
September 27, 2023
A Florida school district has ordered the removal of almost all books with gay characters from classrooms and libraries
September 27, 2023
Shutting down the government won’t help reduce the deficit. Here’s what would.
September 27, 2023
Ohio Supreme Court justices have questioned the state’s lawyer about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy
September 27, 2023
Ronald Reagan gave many notable speeches as president and he was known for his turn of a phrase
September 27, 2023
The government’s use of the Hindi word for ‘India’ revives debates over whether Hindi should be the national language – and reopens some old wounds.
September 27, 2023
A critical race theory scholar explains why it’s problematic to use rap lyrics as evidence of a crime, and what some lawmakers are doing to protect artistic expression.
September 27, 2023
In a major new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities saying they see racist or negative depictions and a lack of effort by journalists to cover broader segments of their community
September 27, 2023
Republican Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson has formally announced that he's running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney
September 27, 2023
Six Portuguese young adults and children between 11 and 24 years of age were at the European Court of Human Rights Wednesday, accusing 32 European governments of violating their human rights for what they say is a failure to adequately address climate change
September 27, 2023
A coalition of anti-abortion organizations is urging two Wisconsin prosecutors to pursue charges against abortion providers in their counties despite a court's ruling that abortion is legal
September 26, 2023
The Supreme Court in recent terms has upended the interpretation of core laws. This term, the justices will decide just how far this revolution goes.
September 26, 2023
The U_N_’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid."
September 26, 2023
Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni Versace, while receiving a fashion award this weekend
September 26, 2023
Sen. Bob Menendez is coming under heavy pressure to resign from office as he faces federal bribery allegations
September 26, 2023
Though it is a fact that some enslaved people learned valuable skills, it’s a myth that they had the same path of upward mobility that white laborers enjoyed.
September 26, 2023
Mel Tucker’s attorney says Michigan State does not have cause to fire its suspended football coach after Tucker acknowledged having phone sex with an activist and rape survivor because he did not “engage in unprofessional or unethical behavior” or violate his contract
September 25, 2023
If another pandemic happens, the world will again be unprepared
September 25, 2023
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that attempts to kick him off the presidential ballot under a rarely used constitutional clause for engaging in “insurrection” are improper attempts to interfere with his freedom of speech
September 25, 2023
Only 50 years ago, originalism was considered a fringe movement, hardly taken seriously. Now its adherents dominate the Supreme Court.
September 25, 2023
Less than a year after a stirring run to the NL Championship Series, the high-priced, underperforming San Diego Padres are defending themselves against reports there is a lack of clubhouse leadership within a dysfunctional organization
September 24, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several bills aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ+ people
September 24, 2023
How important can the meaning of a single word be
September 24, 2023
The recent G20 Summit hosted by India couldn't have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi
September 24, 2023
Pope Francis is labeling the weapons industry as being a key driver of the “martyrdom” of Ukraine’s people in Russia’s war
September 23, 2023
Inside, those who administer the world look for peace
September 23, 2023
The shocking allegation that India may have been behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada is shining the light on various layers of activism as well as diverse views on a separate Sikh state or Khalistan within the North American diaspora
September 23, 2023
President Joe Biden says he is determined to stop gun violence in the U.S. as he formally launches the first-ever federal office to be dedicated to uncovering solutions and supporting communities ravaged by shootings
September 22, 2023
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week
September 22, 2023
Megan Rapinoe was always unabashedly authentic during her soccer career, whether she was advocating for equal pay and racial justice or scoring an elusive goal off a corner kick
September 22, 2023
People who object to affirmative action were more likely to discriminate against job candidates with Black-sounding names than those who supported it, whether or not they had to rush.
September 22, 2023
Peer pressure, amusement and the desire for attention help explain why young people participate in risky social media challenges.
September 22, 2023
Pope Francis has blasted what he calls the “fanaticism of indifference” that greets migrants seeking a better life in Europe
September 22, 2023
President Joe Biden’s education chief says he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available — including federal money — to discourage colleges from giving preference to the children of alumni and donors
September 22, 2023
A longshot Republican candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent “Freedom Fest” event outside St. Louis as no big deal
September 22, 2023
Some medical providers are dropping continuing gender-affirming care for minors, even though it remains legal
September 22, 2023
A new poll shows that Americans are much more sympathetic to Hollywood's striking writers and actors then they are to the studios on the other side of the table
September 22, 2023
Some of the nation’s most influential Black leaders say many of the threats to democratic institutions in the U.S. appear to be aimed squarely at their community, including efforts to make voting more difficult, censor lessons around race and weaken social safeguards such as affirmative action
September 21, 2023
While President Joe Biden has low approval ratings, few other American presidents − with the exception of FDR and Warren Harding − have experienced such a run of good media luck.
September 21, 2023
Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has taken a dig at former President Donald Trump
September 21, 2023
The G20 has its critics, but an expert on international politics explains why it still performs a useful function – particularly in this period of great geopolitical divisions.
September 21, 2023
Debates about school discipline have become polarized between proponents of restorative justice and those who believe a get-tough approach is required.
September 21, 2023
King Charles III has made an emotional stop in front of Paris' fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral on the second day of his state visit to France
September 21, 2023
Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy
September 21, 2023
The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class has intensified as the student’s family and his school district both took legal action
September 20, 2023
The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai says he doesn't want to see his father die in detention, as his lawyers raised the prospect that his long-delayed trial may be pushed back indefinitely
September 20, 2023
Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden said he doubts that Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, “meant what he said” when he made a series of antisemitic and offensive remarks last year
September 20, 2023
Several Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne cathedral in a protest against the city’s conservative archbishop Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki
September 20, 2023
The influential abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America has changed its name to Reproductive Freedom for All
September 20, 2023
Kentucky’s debate over abortion access is heating up the governor's race
September 20, 2023
Iran’s parliament has approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them
September 20, 2023
While Americans tend not to use the word “peace,” and instead opt for terms like “safety and security,” their desires and fears are not so different from what people in war-torn places express.
September 20, 2023
With Morocco, there’s stronger bureaucracy, and in Libya, authorities are weaker. But, as a scholar who has worked in both countries explains, the results are the same: not enough aid getting through.
September 20, 2023
Environmental activists are praising President Joe Biden's New Deal-style American Climate Corps
September 20, 2023
One of the biggest fights over abortion rights this year is in Virginia, where all of the state House and Senate seats are up for reelection
September 20, 2023
The nationwide surge in book bannings continues
September 20, 2023
Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors
September 19, 2023
Five women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year
September 19, 2023
Argentina is celebrating a decision by a United Nations conference to include a former clandestine detention and torture center as a World Heritage site
September 19, 2023
Moms for Liberty, founded in 2021 and now boasting 120,000 members, could ride its conservative, limited-government message to a position of strong influence in the GOP.
September 19, 2023
Throughout the corridors of many state Capitols, families are sharing emotionally gutting stories of tragedy caused by mass school shootings with the hope that revealing their trauma will convince lawmakers on either side of the political aisle to reconsider firearm policies
September 19, 2023
Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron has appeared to soften his hardline opposition to abortion
September 18, 2023
President Joe Biden has told a packed Broadway theater full of big-name stars hosting a fundraiser in his honor that he is running for reelection because Donald Trump was determined to destroy the nation
September 18, 2023
Donald Trump is facing political blowback from within his party for his comments about abortion
September 18, 2023
The international community has also failed to protect civilians in Syria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Myanmar and Ethiopia, a genocide expert writes.
September 18, 2023
Whether experienced directly or indirectly, racial incidents can trigger numerous psychological impacts on Black people, including lower self-esteem and anxiety.
September 18, 2023
When people hear the term ‘liberal arts,’ it may sound like a phrase with political overtones. A scholar of literature explains why that’s wrong and takes a closer look at its origin and meaning.
September 18, 2023
Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination and stigmatization.
September 18, 2023
Americans held for years in Iranian custody walked arm-in-arm off a plane into freedom
September 18, 2023
Pope Francis urged all people to do their part to address the world’s problems, especially climate change and the care of children, to open The Clinton Global Initiative Monday in New York in a talk with former President Bill Clinton
September 18, 2023
Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was acting within the scope of his official duties when he wrote a letter expressing concern about alleged concerns with the 2020 election in Georgia, his lawyer said as he sought to move charges against Clark to federal court
September 18, 2023
Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a biting satire starring Jeffrey Wright as a disillusioned academic, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a much-watched bellwether in the Oscar race
September 17, 2023
The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activist a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections to have congressional maps redrawn in a handful of states
September 17, 2023
Prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary have filed a class-action lawsuit over conditions at the prison's farm
September 16, 2023
In the months since a single senator froze military promotions over the Pentagon’s abortion policy, the uniformed officers affected have been largely silent, wary of stepping into a political fray
September 16, 2023
Donald Trump is dominating the early stages of the Republican presidential primary even as he’s refused to endorse a federal ban on abortion
September 15, 2023
The Biden administration will withhold less military aid from Egypt over its human rights abuses this year
September 14, 2023
Societies celebrate heroes and commemorate tragedies. But why is there so little public acknowledgment of environmental disasters?
September 14, 2023
Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy says he wants to reduce the federal employee headcount by half in his first year in office and by 75% during his first term if he makes it to the White House
September 13, 2023
A New Yorker upset that the city has been housing homeless migrants in his neighborhood on Staten Island has set up a loudspeaker to deliver an unwelcoming message to his new neighbors
September 13, 2023
The changes wrought by the new conservative majority in the US Supreme Court are revolutionary.
September 13, 2023Indigenous women in Brazil’s capital Brasilia showcased their creations during a fashion event as part of the Third March of Indigenous Women to claim women’s rights and the demarcation of Indigenous lands
September 13, 2023
As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
September 13, 2023Humility doesn’t get the fanfare of virtues like courage, compassion or generosity. But without humility, those other virtues won’t get much traction in the quest to live a good life.
September 13, 2023Impeaching a recently elected Wisconsin Supreme Court justice for conduct neither criminal nor corrupt would negate the people’s votes – and strike a blow at judicial independence.
September 13, 2023Women in three states are challenging strict abortion laws that went into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year
September 12, 2023
Arizona is considering a multibillion-dollar desalination project to address its urgent water needs. Three water experts call for a go-slow approach and point to Israel as a role model.
September 12, 2023Antisemitism on X recycles ancient tropes falsely blaming Jewish people for a wide range of social and political ills, and for their own victimization.
September 12, 2023A famous gesture kick-started hopes of peace in the Middle East. But today, the idea of a two-state solution seems further away than ever before.
September 12, 2023For President Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s citizens, the country’s quest for NATO and EU membership is about security – and identity.
September 08, 2023
The public’s right to know often gives way to concerns about privacy, public safety and protecting evidence.
September 08, 2023While it’s widely believed that Howard University came to be known as “The Mecca” in the 1960s, new evidence shows the nickname is more than half a century older than that.
September 06, 2023Industry leaders, scientists and policymakers may see AI’s technical potential, but societies have trouble adapting to revolutionary advances without broad public participation.
September 05, 2023
Scholars differ over whether having students use AI in their assignments will help or hurt their careers after graduation.
September 04, 2023
In the wake of two public episodes of Mitch McConnell appearing to ‘freeze,’ a longtime Kentucky journalist explains how an uncharismatic Kentucky lawyer came to rule the Senate.
September 01, 2023In the US, white men have long had the power to make decisions about women’s reproductive health care. Those decisions have often been especially harmful to Black women.
September 01, 2023An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines to watch.
August 31, 2023‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills claim to use science to justify a binary definition of sex based on certain traits. But the biology of sex and gender is not so simple.
August 31, 2023
Special counsels can help presidential administrations avoid the perception of bias, but they are not as independent as the independent counsels of the past.
August 31, 2023
The drug pricing reform may drastically lower prices for some of the most critical life-saving drugs in the long run. But numerous obstacles stand in the way.
August 30, 2023A former executive director of the National Governors Association explains what it is about certain governors that makes them less suited for the presidency.
August 30, 2023Citizens are helping refugees get settled in the US, but the lack of standard federal rules makes the process tricky for both refugees and citizens to navigate.
August 30, 2023An analysis by scholars at the University of California, Davis showed that just a small number of cities in California actively consider racism when developing their plans.
August 29, 2023A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality.
August 29, 2023
A veteran education researcher raises questions about whether educational research is actually being put to use.
August 25, 2023Adapting to our fiery future means preparing for the risks and not putting out every low-risk wildfire, writes the author of a new book on learning to live with fire.
August 22, 2023Tipping seems to be more coercive and less tied to service quality these days.
August 18, 2023Potential inaccuracies in CDC high school surveys may have created an exaggerated perception that LGBQ youth engage in risky behaviors, new research shows.
August 17, 2023
While a Florida curriculum implies that enslaved Africans ‘benefited’ from skills acquired through slavery, history shows they brought knowledge and skills to the US that predate their captivity.
August 14, 2023
The framing of these stories of murder and mayhem have remained remarkably consistent since the invention of the printing press – and may reveal our own hidden fears and desires.
August 07, 2023A scholar explains how a concept that appeared in Nation of Islam literature nearly a century ago essentially defines hip-hop’s consciousness today.
August 04, 2023In their lawsuits against affirmative action, Students For Fair Admission claimed to want to protect Asian Americans. A law professor explains why the Supreme Court ruling doesn’t achieve that goal.
August 03, 2023
Being a mom can be heartbreaking, empowering, scary, fulfilling and everything in between.
August 01, 2023Complex as they are, Oppenheimer’s life and views of the bomb are far easier to wrestle with than the reality of nuclear power itself.
August 01, 2023What the 5 stages of grief are, and how to get through them
September 12, 2021
Milwaukee store worker killed over pizza order
'Spider senses were up': Deputy imposter tries to scam woman with threat of arrest
Brazil reaches $23 billion settlement with mining firms over 2015 environmental disaster
Calls for reparations for Britain's slave trade are rooted in dark legacy
Hamas at a crossroads: Sinwar’s death leaves a vacuum; Israeli actions make it harder to fill with a moderate
Health insurer Centene eases investor fears with better-than-expected profit
What we know about Beyonce's appearance at Kamala Harris' Houston rally
Miami's Tagovailoa clears concussion protocol, will make 1st start since Week 2 Sunday vs Cardinals
Khatia Buniatishvili is a classical music superstar. Her new album honors Mozart — in her own way