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In the early years of the Cold War, the academic study of international relations was an ideological tool serving the foreign policy of the United States and its allies. But in the 1960s, a new generation of scholars began to challenge the reigning orthodoxy.

Evolutionary theorists propose that female desire for domineering males helped create a patriarchal world

At the heart of the conflict is the sturdy little fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; it infects and kills banana plants and, since the banana industry relies so heavily on one species, it is spreading steadily across banana-rich Southeast Asia and into Australia and the Middle East.

Sally Yates stood up to Donald Trump, while Colin Kaepernick knelt; Ashley Judd named names and Jonathan Smith saved lives. Here are a dozen to salute.

Israel has transferred Ahed Tamimi to three different detention facilities in the last five days even though she has not yet been charged with a crime

Richest fortunes rise 23 percent this year to top $5 trillion Bloomberg Billionaires Index uncovered 67 billionaires in 2017

Kim Shuck, current poet laureate of San Francisco, explores the complications-- mixed-up heritages, commercial indifference—of seeing the “Great Urban Indian Poem published “because culture is at its/Root not something that can be sold by chain stores.”

What did we learn about money in politics during the Earth’s ride around the Sun this year? The Trump Russia investigation could turn on campaign finance law.

These authors will help you talk about white supremacy by using reasoning and research rather than anger and frustration.

What you need to know about the Trump-Russia investigation.