Politics

The COVID pandemic caused a U.S.-wide decline in fertility rates, but red states actually saw increases

Presidential contender Ron DeSantis has used governmental power in Florida to restrict access to health and education, promoting an intolerant and harmful agenda

As with climate change, adverse changes in democratic practices require societal adaptation to avoid the worst scenarios

Investments in research and development are likely to drop—even if the worst-case scenario is avoided

The U.S. should implement the same reforms to its high court that it has called for in other nations, a judicial reform scholar suggests

Moral panics aimed against trans people are both attacks on that community and part of a broader strategy to control youth across the U.S.

Fake claims that Social Security is broken and that climate action isn’t urgent all come from flawed free-market ideology

Afghanistan’s rare and majestic woodlands can’t shake the echoes of war, desperation and poverty

The Nord Stream pipeline explosions happened in a dumping ground for chemical warfare, but other contaminants proved most toxic to marine life

House Republicans have kicked off an investigation into how the pandemic began with witnesses who largely favor a lab origin

Smart U.S. leadership and international pressure on Russia can prevent an unconstrained global nuclear arms race

Gonzalez v. Google seeks to hold tech giants accountable for recommendation algorithms in a complicated case that could see the Supreme Court meddle in more than 25 years of Internet policy