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After a bribery scandal that took down four presidents and led Congress to dissolve, some Peruvians are putting their faith in an austere religion called the Israelites of the New Universal Pact.
In recent years Bangladesh has seen an increase in attacks on religious minorities. A scholar explains how certain extreme views on how Islam is to be followed are taking center stage in the country.
While identifying a new disease by its place of origin seems intuitive, history shows that doing so can have serious consequences for the people that live there.
Becoming friends with classmates from different backgrounds can help people reject negative stereotypes. And teachers are able to help make that happen.
Biden, Sanders, Warren and other candidates are calling for far more federal spending for schools in low-income areas.
US military leaders have to plan for operations all over the world, so they can’t afford to ignore climate change or debate its causes.
A growing chorus of people say the US has never been so politically divided. A Civil War historian reminds readers that there was once a far more divided time.
Americans love their supplements, but some of the products are contaminated with heavy metals, bacteria and toxic fungi. The FDA has little control because of a law passed in 1994.
Images without context or presented with text that misrepresents what they show can be a powerful tool of misinformation, especially since photos make statements seem more believable.
Assisted living facilities are one option for seniors. But finding clear and accurate information about them isn’t easy.
States are increasingly turning to machine learning and algorithms to detect fraud in food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare programs – despite little evidence of actual fraud.
Will the White House plans to boost spending on career and technical education help today’s teens land better jobs?
The Constitution provides Congress with plenty of tools to hold the White House to account. So what moves does the legislative branch have left?
Films of the battle for Iwo Jima, being digitized 75 years after they were made, offer connections and lessons for Americans of today.
During the ‘love glut,’ roughly 1 in 5 of all comic books were romance comics, as publishers scrambled to appease readers’ appetites for scandalous storylines.
Minority patients do better when treated by doctors who share the same race or ethnicity But there’s a problem. Most doctors are white, and only 6% of doctors are black.
You’ve had your own personal set of fingerprints since before you were born, and they’ll be with you throughout your whole life.
The flu shot is a bargain – and people are more likely to get it if they know that.
In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than cisgender people.
Save the Children’s reputation appeared to bounce back faster than Oxfam’s after public perception of both groups soured around the same time.
While segregation was a shameful period in baseball history, the Negro Leagues were a resounding success and an immense source of pride for black America.
Spirituals were created out of the experience of enslaved people in the US. They weren’t songs of anger – but of an abiding belief in the victory of good over evil.
Men seem less comfortable celebrating their friendships – to their own detriment.
According to a new study, about four in 10 air pollution deaths in the US are due to emissions crossing state lines.