Government

Water is everywhere: in our tubs, our bottles, our lakes, our bodies. And with scientific studies, such as in this Journal of Climate, reporting that average rainfall is increasing, it’s difficult to...

Scholars in economics have long attempted to quantify the most philosophically intangible concepts such as fairness and equity. In the United States, fairness of affirmative action in higher education has...

We compiled some surprising statistics about America's longstanding War on Drugs — facts that may change your opinion on the continuing debate over legalization. 1. Over the last thirty years, our prison...

The term “war on drugs” conjures images of Reagan Era public service videos: the shady dealer dispensing trafficked narcotics on an inner-city street corner. But the reality has shifted dramatically....

The announcement that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have welcomed a son has been greeted with much speculation. Will Kate practice attachment parenting? Will he be greeted with as devoted a group of...

The Mississippi Delta was no doubt as muggy this summer as it was in the summer of 1955 when fourteen-year-old Emmett Till walked into a grocery store in Money, Mississippi, and with his Chicago confidence...

What was going through Edward Snowden’s mind as he boarded the plane that took him away from his home, his girlfriend, and his life forever? Former whistleblower Peter van Buren offers this heart-pounding...