Despite the #MeToo movement, women in politics still face challenges in talking openly about gender equality.

Most Congresses since the 1970s have passed more than 500 laws, ranging from nuclear disarmament to deficit reduction. Will today's bitter partisanship hamstring the new Congress' productivity?

Law enforcement officials aren't trained in recognizing hate crimes, leaving national numbers on these attacks unreliable.

Elections are supposed to hold politicians accountable: Officials who fear losing their seat will work harder for voters. But in some countries, political competition actually makes government worse.

Many of the crop plants that feed us waste 20 percent of their energy, especially in hot weather. Plant geneticists prove that capturing this energy could boost crop yields by up to 40 percent.

Eight decades after missing aviator Amelia Earhart was declared dead, technologies still don't quite track every airplane all over the globe.

The first two Muslim-American women are in Congress now. They stand in a long and little-known tradition of Islam in America.

When it comes to helping students who've lost a loved one, educators often don't know what to do or say. A pediatrician offers insights on how schools can support children in grief.

Whether schadenfreude arises out of envy or a sense of justice, some psychologists believe a darker impulse is at play.

Be careful: many of us have tried at least two of them.

For Ethiopia, there is no connection between the Maqdala war in 1868 and the stolen treasures at Maqdala

A report from RBC Royal Bank reaffirms what thought leaders keep insisting -- there will be more and more demand for a liberal arts education in our increasingly digital world.