Why Public Schools Should Reinvent Mentorship
One D.C. area high-school student’s experience.
One D.C. area high-school student’s experience.
A very weird thought experiment
Its chief executive said the the decision was driven by the fact that “our business model is simply not sustainable.”
President Obama went before Congress one last time, to offer a plea for civic unity—and some sharp jabs at Republican presidential candidates.
The South Carolina governor’s response to the State of the Union address aimed to unify, rather than divide.
In his final State of the Union, President Obama said that corporate priorities, not workers from other countries, were responsible for sluggish salaries.
How Washington’s partisan bickering looks from a one-party state
As the new year begins, new polling shows a reversal in the Democratic primary. What, if anything, stopped the frontrunner’s momentum?
Over generations, mice deprived of fiber permanently lost some species of gut microbes. What does this mean for human health?
A new CBS series will have an actress of color play a grown-up version of the beloved teenage sleuth.
What makes a private company’s algorithm label some people and addresses more threatening than others during 911 calls?
The Republican contender is making a last-ditch effort to quality for the next primetime Republican debate.
It's still not clear what will be done to fix the Dieselgate-affected cars on American roads.
Even victims of discrimination can look away from—and thereby enable—other forms of violence.
What happens when the vast universes in massively multiplayer online games go offline?
Long before the Pentagon's announcement, women were already embedded in the front lines of Afghanistan.
How a teacher in the Salinas Valley in California imparts wisdom to his students
A mobile beauty shop serves the shelters of New York City.
A short film profiles recent Arab transplants and those who want them out.
How a scientist figured out how to regrow corals more than 25 times faster than normal
Abbas Sheikh is a jewelry polisher who became a top competitor by running in his spare time. This is what the sport means to him.
Who the next president appoints to the U.S. Supreme Court could revolutionize—or reinforce—big money’s dominance of political campaigns.
America has pared back its foreign entanglements, and its economy has regained its balance—but large chunks of the public have not.
Congress rallied around the agency this year, giving it a major funding bump.
The justices consider a challenge to labor organizations without weighing the practical implications of their decision.
A disagreement between a House Republican and the Obama administration creates a challenge.
The Vermont senator now argues that he’s more electable against a Republican than his leading rival.
The Republican frontrunner asks security to take coats from protestors, and then turn them out into the freezing cold.
People have been building their own firearms for centuries.
The culinary tools still look more or less the same as they did in their earliest days: an Object Lesson.
Psychotropic drugs were once used to help patients work through a variety of mental-health issues.
Eel farming is at the core of one Japanese city's identity—but overconsumption threatens both the animal and a tradition.
Leslie Vosshall is trying to block mosquitoes’ sense of smell, but the blood-suckers are proving to be tricky foes.
December was a weird month on planet Earth.
Leaving Buenos Aires on January 2, nearly 350 competitors started the 37th annual Dakar Rally: a two-week off-roading adventure through Argentina and Bolivia.
Some areas have nitrogen-dioxide levels on par with Beijing and Shanghai.
U.S. and Iranian officials are hailing the diplomacy that resulted in their release.
Ten of the 11 victims are German, and Turkish authorities arrested one person in connection with the suicide bombing.
Government officials proposed Tuesday legislative changes that would make it easier to deport asylum-seekers who commit crimes in the country.
A U.N. official says 400 people need to be evacuated from the Syrian town so they can be given life-saving medical treatment.
Mexican authorities have formally begun the process to transfer the head of the Sinaloa cartel to the U.S.
After having no NFL team for 21 years, the city may suddenly have two.
Ricky Gervais doesn’t understand why people are peeved at him. It’s pretty simple, though.
Does anyone actually care how Robin Hood got to Sherwood Forest?
At the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism Architecture, curators are considering the creativity required to create counterfeit goods.
Disney’s actor shortlist for a Star Wars prequel has prompted outcry from fans. They’re right to be worried.
He used his creativity and the power of silence to set the terms of his exit, and not for the first time.
At the Golden Globes on Sunday, a feather-ruffling host and some expletive-laden speeches elevated an awards-show standby.
Millions are buying Powerball tickets assuming that winning will bring them a prosperous, work-free life, but research suggests they shouldn’t be so certain.
Some nonprofits insist that the practice can benefit everyone, not just those who have the money for classes and a mat.
Social Security is underfunded today because policymakers didn’t foresee just how rich today’s rich would be.
The story of the artist’s foray into asset-backed securities
Playing the lottery is foolish, but it affords the public a communal encounter with the weird majesty of mathematics.
They're more likely to have what many young Americans don't: jobs, homes, and healthy paychecks.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the state’s jury sentencing system in capital cases violated the Sixth Amendment.
Many believe that people are healthier in warm, sunny places like Los Angeles and Miami Beach, but money, not climate, is what matters.
The highly suspicious killing of Brendon Glenn
Even local residents who are critical of the federal government are stepping up calls for the militia to leave.
A new report examines whether there’s a better way for pollsters to figure out which respondents will actually cast votes.
African Americans devised a mass exodus from the Jim Crow South, largely at the urging of The Chicago Defender.
What should you fear? The answers are different at each stage of life—and vary dramatically for different groups of Americans.
When it comes to helping young people succeed, education experts and nonprofits are embracing the idea that a broad web of formal and informal role models is key.
A push by the prime minister for academies has left local schools struggling to adapt to student population increases.
Airport-style security checks are an everyday for more than 100,000 students across New York City.
Despite Obama’s push for science and tech education, research institutions have battled budget cuts for years. Will new spending measures fix the damage?
More Americans are getting their diplomas—but fewer are enrolling in college. Why the mismatch?
An amendment in the new federal education law seeks to clarify when kids are allowed to walk to school alone.
Despite federal statues prohibiting it, many states imprison those under 18 alongside adults, where they are much more likely to suffer sexual abuse and violence.
A journalist who spoke with bin Laden reflects on Sean Penn’s conversation with el Chapo.
A new training program helps them find health-care jobs back home by filling in the gaps in their medical knowledge.
A Swiss case study sheds new light on the link between a city’s layout and the health of its residents.
In a new study, women who had more children had longer telomeres, challenging a theory that reproduction leads to accelerated aging.
I’ll live the rest of my life with a heart implant, but may never know how well it actually works.
One man thinks so, and he’s been manufacturing them for clients for more than ten years.
Governments try to reduce consumption of the sweet stuff through guidelines and taxes.
The 19th-century procedure involved lies, a secrecy pledge, and sperm from a surprise donor.
The technology that keeps your text messages private had its start on the banks of the Tigris River, 3500 years ago.
When talking about firearms, people choose their words carefully.
A search engine can be a great source of lyrics.
Seeing an increased interest in non-monogamous arrangements, the company will allow couples to link their profiles and search for additional mates.
The company powers much of the Internet, but its cloud facilities are difficult to find.
“When you’re vulnerable, your world no longer makes sense. Con artists are people who are happy to make sense of it for you.”
One man's journey to establishing the country's first depression support group
Lines from the classic poem are captured in a whimsical animation
For decades, low-caste Hindus in Chhattisgarh, India, tattoo the name of the Hindu god Ram on their bodies—acts of faith and defiance, saying “God is everywhere."