Millions of Americans feed wild birds, especially in winter and spring. Studies show that this can influence birds' health and behavior in surprising ways.
Accents differ depending on where we're from, even in the same country.
A scholar of intensive after-school 'hyper education' says it's becoming a more common extracurricular activity for children of all ages.
South Carolina's black community has a long history of fighting for democratic rights.
Newly-released body camera footage shows an Orlando police officer taking a 6-year-old girl away in handcuffs. A school safety expert explains the potential pitfalls of police in primary schools.
India's current citizenship policies alter the constitutional notion of citizenship and use it as a proxy for national belonging in othering minorities.
There's a long history of books being banned from public and school libraries.
With the fairly recent launch of an ethnic corporate product line, Pantene's Gold Series Collection, are black women feeling the love?
It's not the price of health care that should concern us. It's the cost. There's a distinction, and it matters. Here's why.
What's more, higher education holds the key to ensuring humans are equipped with the necessary skills to work alongside AI.
With the coronavirus spreading to more countries, public health officials in the US are warning Americans that coronavirus will become a problem in the US, too. What does this mean for you?
If President Trump's attacks on the justice system are meant to intimidate, there's one class of employees who are immune to that: federal judges who have lifetime tenure.
An economist explains how a virus like COVID-19 could disrupt the US economy – and why it's too soon to freak out just yet.
Native Brazilians are among the Amazon's most effective defenders against logging and mining, because they're fighting not just for the environment but for their people's very survival.
For more than two centuries, one particular epithet has resonated through US politics – and even helped inspire the unofficial mascot of a major political party.
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In 2014, voting rates for young people hit record lows. Will things turn around in 2016?
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Any amateur politician can engage in lying. President Donald Trump is going further than that. He's engaging in 'post-truth'.
This pillar of the American safety net originated as a solution to the paradox of hunger in the midst of plenty.
A psychologist explains how to reestablish civil political conversation in your own life.
NASA scientist Katherine Johnson was instrumental in getting people to the moon. Here are some of the lessons one mathematics professor believes she taught us all.
