Millions of college students volunteer at soup kitchens, animal shelters and other nonprofits near where they go to school. The arrangement gives these young adults valuable experience that can help them launch their careers while giving charities a hand.

As a professor who studies nonprofits,...

I have just taken an entire website and gigabytes of data offline. It covered a highly successful series of conferences on the data economy. It brought together thought leaders and key decision-makers from around the world for annual retreats – over a decade ago. And...

Listening to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony on July 24, the nation heard a duel over the facts.

Not what the facts imply, not our response to them, but what the facts are.

Founding Father John Adams once said, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our...

Mary Ann Papp’s daughter Lisa was worried about her 75-year-old mother.

A foot infection seemed to be going untreated, leading Lisa to fear that her mother’s nursing home wasn’t providing proper care.

So Lisa did what any concerned child might: She bought a US$199 webcam from Target and put it in her mother’s room.

But she...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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Capitalism’s days may be numbered – at least judging by recent polls.

A majority of millennials reject the economic system, while 55% of women aged 18 to 54 say they prefer socialism. More Democrats now have a positive view of socialism than capitalism.

One problem interpreting numbers like these is that there are many definitions of...

As I spoke recently with colleagues at a conference in Florence, Italy about health care innovation, a fundamental truth resurfaced in my mind: the U.S. health care industry is just that. An industry, an economic force, Big Business, first and foremost. It is a vehicle for returns on investment and the success of our society second.

This is...

America recently marked the 65-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education – a landmark case intended to abolish the “separate-but-equal” doctrine of racial segregation in...

Facebook’s News Feed algorithm determines what users see on its platform – from funny memes to comments from friends. The company regularlyupdates this algorithm, which can dramatically change what information people consume.

As the 2020 election approaches, there is much public...

After the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, does Britain have a populist, nativist politician as its head of government?

It’s hard to say. Johnson has been a little of everything during his career.

Over three decades in public life, Johnson has shifted between social liberalism and right-wing...