Students walk through the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's race-conscious admissions program was recently at the center ...

Trump's hand-picked head of the division has outlined priorities that are dramatically at odds with the way past ...

TED is a non-profit bringing people together to share ideas, spark conversations and deepen understanding through short, powerful presentations, often called ‘TED Talks.' ...

Let’s start with hiring. Despite new laws and changing attitudes, racial discrimination in hiring is still a persistent problem. Some may recall the landmark 2004 study, when two economists submitted ...

Civil rights activists and clergy launch a movement in solidarity with a national boycott of Target, focusing on economic ...

Conservative justices seem poised to declare that kids' exposure to LGBTQ books can violate a parent's religious expression.

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Earth Day, a global effort to educate people on growing environmental threats and propel them to action, marks its 55th ...

The 120 properties are costly to taxpayers – at a time when Washington is seeking to cut spending wherever possible.

Society / Q&A / A conversation with legal historian Mary Ziegler on her new book about the anti-abortion movement’s fight to ...

Black in Blue has grown as a project, helping facilitate athlete progress both inside and outside of the classroom.

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's biggest cities and speaking to massive crowds of the faithful along the way.