Research finds Indigenous peoples face unique challenges at work – but also reveals what can help
SolStock/GettyFor some Indigenous peoples around the world, a day at work can mean experiencing repression, racism and regular rem...
Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids
The effects of traumatic brain injuries go beyond what meets the eye.Naeblys/iStock via Getty Images PlusA newly discovered biolog...
US oil industry doesn’t see profit in Trump’s ‘pro-petroleum’ moves
Expanding offshore drilling is one of President Donald Trump's key policy goals for his second term.Mario Tama/Getty ImagesAs the ...
Young, undocumented immigrants are finding it increasingly hard to attend college as South Carolina and other states restrict in-state tuition or ban them altogether
Students at Arizona State University protest against a Republican student group encouraging people to report undocumented immigran...
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Dusk in downtown Lumberton, county seat in Robeson County, N.C., the most diverse rural county in America. AP Photo/Davi…
Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul
Teddy Pendergrass was known for romantic R&B ballads like the 1978 hit "Close the Door."Michael Putland via Getty Im…
Pope Leo XIV’s visits to Turkey and Lebanon were about religious diplomacy
Pope Leo XIV and the Armenian patriarch of Constantinople, Archbishop Sahag II Mashalian, celebrate a liturgy in the Arm…
Outside the West, the Kundalini tradition presents a model of the ‘divine feminine’ beyond binary gender
A piece of art shows the tantric tradition's depiction of Kundalini and energy centers – or chakras.Tantrika paint…
How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor
Brazil’s “criminal economy” does not appear on any national balance sheet. Yet the cost of violence, c…
You care about fairness at work – so why do you feel like a fake?
Most people care about fairness at work and want to support colleagues who face marginalization – for example, peo…
Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and…
This artist's rendering shows the ESCAPADE probes near Mars.NASAAfter a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escap…
The RBA is stuck in a tug-of-war, as it holds rates steady
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has ended the year with a steady hand, keeping the cash rate at 3.6% at its final me…
PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds
Studies show PFAS can be harmful to human health, including pregnant women and their fetuses.Olga Rolenko/Moment via Get…
Illegal tobacco is messing up economic data. That won’t stop until it’s managed like alcohol
Darling Downs Public Health UnitMost Australians have probably noticed the proliferation of tobacconists and “conv…
Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years
Patients and employers are feeling the pain of increased health premiums.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images PlusHealth in…
Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews
Chinese food has become a staple of many Jewish Americans' traditions each Dec. 25.Christina Horsten/picture alliance vi…
How keeping down borrowing costs for mortgages and other loans is built into the Fed’s ‘dual mandate’
Home borrowing costs, like other long-term rates, are not directly controlled by the Fed – but they still feel its…
Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?
Federal agents in military fatigues chat with Chicago police officers in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4…