The basketball legend was a champion not just on the court but off it—through his groundbreaking activism for racial justice.
Science may be self-correcting, but only in the long term. Meanwhile, the triumph of dubious results increases research waste, and entire careers may be spent on chasing phantoms.
The U.S. still has a chance to fix itself before 2024. But when democracies start dying—as ours already has—they usually don’t recover.
No legal doctrine should shield anyone—including Donald Trump, if reelected—from prosecution for criminal wrongdoing.
A radical and baseless legal theory could upend the country’s most essential democratic process.
After the Civil War, African Americans in the South transformed Independence Day into a celebration of their newly won freedom.
One way to reduce gun violence is by convincing ordinary, “responsible” handgun owners that their weapons make them, their families, and those around them less safe.
A new viral outbreak is testing whether the world has learned anything from COVID.
I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.
By completely rewiring the network of animal viruses, climate change is creating a new age of infectious dangers.
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