Supreme Court to decide if Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy violates free speech
The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for yet another case involving the LGBTQ+ community. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesT...
Supreme Court opens with cases on voting rights, tariffs, gender identity and campaign finance to test the limits of a constitutional revolution
The U.S. Supreme Court building at dawn in Washington, D.C.Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe most influential cases befor...
Moral panics intensify social divisions and can lead to political violence
The day before Charlie Kirk was assassinated, I was teaching a college class on science, religion and magic. Our class was compari...
Shutdowns are as American as apple pie − in the UK and elsewhere, they just aren’t baked into the process
The obligatory showing of the red briefcase containing budget details is as exciting as it gets in the U.K. Justin Tallis - WPA Po...
Where George Washington would disagree with Pete Hegseth about fitness for command and what makes a warrior
On Dec. 4, 1783, after six years fighting against the British as head of the Continental Army, George Washington said fa…
How VR and AI could help the next generation grow kinder and more connected
Technology can be isolating, but it can also help kids learn emotional connection.Dusan Stankovic/E+ via Getty ImagesEmp…
Venezuela and US edge toward war footing − but domestic concerns, international risks may hold Washington back
U.S. Marines park a Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter aircraft at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico on Sept 13, 2…
Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment
Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie shared the Nobel Prize in 1935. Bettmann/Contributor via Getty ImagesThe adage goes &ldq…
Breastfeeding is ideal for child and parent health but challenging for most families – a pediatrician explains how to find…
Many new parents start out breastfeeding but switch to formula within a few days.JGI/Jamie Grill via Tetra ImagesAs a pe…
Why Major League Baseball keeps coming back to Japan
When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – h…
Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to…
Nearly 1 in 7 Americans had trouble consistently getting enough to eat in 2023.Patrick Strattner/fStop via Getty ImagesT…
Is China’s reported ban on BHP a bluff, or a glimpse of the future?
Auscape/GettyThough they still haven’t been officially confirmed, reports China’s state-owned buyer told ste…
Why a quick compromise to the first government shutdown in nearly 7 years seems unlikely
The Capitol is seen in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25, 2025.AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteCongress failed to meet an Oct. 1…
Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human
Jane Goodall appears on stage at 92NY in New York on Oct. 1, 2023.Charles Sykes/Invision/APAnyone proposing to offer a m…
The controversial GST deal with the states is under review. There are better alternatives
Copyright 2025 Rio TintoTreasurer Jim Chalmers last week announced the Productivity Commission will review the 2018 deal…
Many book bans could be judging titles mainly by their covers
A display at the Hoboken Public Library in Hoboken, N.J., features books that have been targeted or banned in other stat…
Violent acts in houses of worship are rare but deadly – here’s what the data shows
A church program lies on the ground near the family reunification area after the shooting in Grand Blanc, Mich., on Sept…
Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water
A roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024.Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesEight year…