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Forty years on from the Fall of Saigon, the Vietnamese celebrate Liberation Day – and ever better relations with Americans.
The news media are a major presence in the Baltimore riots. Are they providing an accurate picture of what’s going on?
A panel of scholars comments on the origins and the implications of the violence in Baltimore.
In many states fathers can be incarcerated for failing to pay child support. This is a crisis that needs addressing.
The fashionistas aren’t flocking there yet but things are happening in Brick City – especially when it comes to education policy.
The horrific collapse of a factory in Bangladesh that killed hundreds sent American scrambling for ways to ensure this doesn’t happen again. A professor explains why boycotts are not the answer.
On the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, we asked scholars to reflect on the significance of Armenian insistence on remembering and Turkey’s insistence that the genocide never happened.
The man who videotaped the shooting of Walter Scott is demanding compensation from media outlets replaying it. Here’s why this is a reasonable request.
Ayn Rand may be long gone but her theories about selfishness live on in today’s libertarian circles and influence the political philosophies of presidential contender Rand Paul and others.
It’s not the stop for a traffic violation that riles the community; it’s the perception of unfairness or bias that sours police/citizen interactions.
The history of “cures” for homosexuality reveals how discredited conversion therapies for gay and transgender children can irreparably harm young minds.
Empathy, a trait built into the human character, can be taught and practiced by both police and communities to improve relations.
One year after the mass kidnapping, the girls of Chibok, Nigeria, are still missing, even as Boko Haram loses ground.
In 2008 she ran a “manly” campaign. This year’s has started off more feminine. Is this what is needed to win Clinton the White House?
New research says we should discard conventional ways of analyzing what it means to age. It’s how well people function that counts.
The protests over police shootings of unarmed black men may signify a new kind of civil rights movement based less on spectacle and more on social media and data.
April 15 is Holocaust Remembrance Day. But how did we come to commemorate the genocide of European Jewry in this way when survivors could barely speak of the horrors they endured?
The attention lavished on the handshake between Obama and Castro belies the hard work needed to create true, equal partnerships between the United States and Latin America.
As you wrestle with figuring out what you owe Uncle Sam, consider why the United States opted for an income tax back in 1913.
Women have made remarkable strides in politics but a Hillary Clinton White House would still have to contend with continuing sexism against women in public life.
Anti-American rhetoric, however alluring to Latin American governments, should be avoided by apolitical PR professionals.
Ted Kennedy, long idolized as the Lion of the Senate, miscalculated badly when he challenged incumbent Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination. The results haunt liberals to this day.
It officially ended 150 years ago on April 9 in Appomattox with General Lee’s surrender, but the deep divisions that produced the Civil War still roil our national psyche.
A centrist against a liberal in Chicago but that’s an outcome that reflects the city’s unique political landscape