MOSCOW — “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty,” said American astronaut Edgar Mitchell....
Aug 17, 2017
Bicycles give poor girls autonomy, but a decision in D.C. could change that
One blistering Guatemalan afternoon in February, 86-year-old Candelaria gathered with three generations of women in her family to...
Aug 16, 2017
The Charlottesville attack and America’s state of emergency
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia —The governor had just declared a state of emergency when the silver Dodge Challenger ploughed into...
Aug 13, 2017
Amid harassment and fears, Muslim community in Texas endures
AUSTIN, Texas — Kay Zazy stepped out of her car into the pre-dawn chill to find firefighters inspecting...
Aug 10, 2017
The damage Trump has done with his ‘fire and fury’ threat against North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul’s streets may be business as usual, with Koreans and foreigners alike filing into...
Aug 10, 2017
Kenyan youth move toward issue-based voting, but tribal loyalty remains strong
NAIROBI, Kenya — Grassroots activist and self-proclaimed artist Guiere Lumumba, 24, loiters outside a community center in Mathare,...
Aug 10, 2017
Documentary about Vietnam War reporters holds lessons for the present
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts — Like an illumination round fired from an artillery shell, a new documentary film titled...
Aug 04, 2017
Review renews debate over first Atlantic marine national monument
BOSTON — For a marine scientist, the ancient corals found in the Atlantic Ocean compare to the towering...
Aug 04, 2017
Why the RAISE Act is bad policy driven by hate and fear
WASHINGTON — Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s comments about the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty crawled under the skin...
Aug 04, 2017
Trump’s transgender military ban defies decades of progress on LGBT equality
WASHINGTON—For the vast majority of American history, a powerful consensus held that gay people should not serve in...
Jul 28, 2017