Politics

A bipartisan group in Congress is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency—in some cases, expanding its work

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock and soil on the Martian surface. Experts are furious

The U.S. needs to set an example for the rest of the world by taking our nuclear missiles off hair-trigger alert and negotiating a reduction of our arsenal

Defending our public libraries is part of a larger struggle for the integrity of institutions essential to democracy, writes one rural sociologist

In the new book Personhood, historian and law professor Mary Ziegler explores how the push to grant embryos and fetuses full legal rights is reshaping U.S. reproductive health care, research and policy

Under President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that track greenhouse gas emissions and regulate air pollution

The Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides funding for home heating and cooling

Einstein offers a lesson for scientists who are protesting an out-of-control nationalist administration attacking U.S. science today

Agreeing to disagree on too many topics can put a strain on relationships. Conversational tactics such as looping and reframing may help

National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency priorities”

A Trump-aligned prosecutor’s attack on medical journals is a threat to your health care—and the medical establishment should not comply

President Trump is the first president in at least three decades to deny governors’ requests for funding that’s meant to protect people and property