Supreme Court geofencing case weighs constitutionality of digital dragnets – and how far your rights go in the data Big Tech collects on you
Police got cellphone data for many people who happened to be in this area near the time of a bank robbery.AP Photo/Steve HelberGoo...
Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling makes it harder to protect minority voting power and alters the landscape of future elections
President Lyndon Johnson hands a pen to civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the signing of the Voting Rights Ac...
Students are taught to hide in closets and under tables if there is a school shooting – but does practicing for this possibility keep kids safe?
Most schools do lockdown drills, but there is not any federal guidance on the best approach to this practice. TW Farlow/iStock/Get...
What courage is, how to build it and why you should take a risk
Courage demands that we evaluate an action's goals and risks.Elisa Schu/picture alliance via Getty ImagesFrom ancient epics to con...
Can the nearly $1 trillion-a-year US military really be depleting key weapons in Iran?
The guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. fires a Tomahawk missile during Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, 2…
Thousands of employed Colorado workers need SNAP benefits to make ends meet
In Colorado, even as the minimum wage has increased, thousands of workers still need food assistance.Mark Felix / AFP vi…
Reclassification of marijuana opens doors for much-needed medical research into the benefits and risks of the drug
The new federal classification of marijuana regulates only medical use; recreational use is still determined by state la…
Stockings once worn by Philly’s wealthiest man show the value of women’s mending in early America
At the time of his death in 1831, Stephen Girard – a Philadelphia merchant, banker and philanthropist – was …
Trump’s Medicaid fraud crackdown may sound sensible, but it could harm Americans who require long-term care
U.S. Vice President JD Vance listens as Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service…
Australia’s inflation surge just made an RBA rate rise more likely
TkKurikawa/GettyAustralia’s inflation rate surged 1.1% in March, driven by a record jump in fuel prices, making an…
The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health…
An artisanal miner holds a cobalt stone at a mine near Kolwezi, Congo, in 2022. About 20,000 people work there among tox…
UAE’s OPEC exit has been long in the works – and may mark the beginning of a Gulf realignment
The Emiratis are poised to turn their back on their oil cartel buddies.Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty ImagesThe United Arab E…
A probe into ‘forever chemicals’ in activewear lays bare fashion’s greenwashing problem
Mart Production/PexelsHave you ever paid more for a product because a brand told you it was good for you and the planet?…
‘Mum and dad investors’ are pulling back. What will that mean for NZ’s housing market?
Getty ImagesIn New Zealand’s long and storied romance with the property market, the “mum and dad” inve…
Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can’t just change the locks
When you're out and about, your face isn't just visible − it's captured.John Keeble/Getty ImagesA woman strolls in…
More than 140,000 Americans die from COPD each year – here’s why survival depends on more than avoiding smoking
COPD puts people at risk for many other adverse health conditions.AndreyPopov/iStock via Getty Images PlusThe Conversati…
How the concept of ‘medical freedom’ is reshaping the military’s decades-long stance on the flu vaccine mandate − and endangering…
Vaccine mandates in the U.S. military are nearly as old as the country itself.jacoblund/iStock via Getty Images PlusFor …
Wearable glucose monitors offer real-time data, but for healthy people no guidelines exist to interpret the numbers
Continuous glucose monitors once required a prescription but can now be purchased over the counter. Jesus Rodriguez/iSto…