New JFK files
The disappearing file feeds suspicions about the agency and the accused assassin
Sheriff: Don't shoot hurricane
A Facebook group invited people in the path of Hurricane Irma to shoot at the storm, triggering warning from police
That's a whole lot of babies!
A maternity ward in one Manila hospital does a brisk business. What does that mean to staff, clients and the world?
Google, Trump, and power
Google is a "platform monopoly." Why don't authorities on anti-trust in the US care?
Clinton no longer a candidate
She is not running.
9/11 and the 100-year war
We can still escape the endless and self-destructive "war on terror." The key lies in resistance here at home
Grandparents: the new parents
Instead of celebrating, many Grandparents will spend Grandparents Day doing exactly what they do every day
Inside Trump Inc.
Trump’s run for president likely started as a marketing pitch. The problem is, he won
Hurricane Irma hits Florida
Hurricane Irma's long journey across the Atlantic has finally reached its final destination
Top 10 sports plays of 2017
Need a distraction from politics? The top 10 sports plays of 2017 thus far will do the trick
Free speech and Bill Maher
We need to criticize problematic views while still listening to people who hold them — when their ideas are smart
Maternal care disappearing
New study shows that more than half of the country’s rural counties don’t have hospitals with obstetric services
How algorithms erode free will
Franklin Foer discusses how Silicon Valley is infiltrating our wallets, newspapers and minds
The Power of Onlyness
Author Nilofer Merchant shares how big ideas and building community go hand in hand
How Obama responded
Conservative media's response to Trump's visit to Houston drastically differs from Obama's disaster relief visits
Whose NASA is it anyway?
Trump’s nomination for NASA chief, GOP Rep. James Bridenstine, thinks the latter. Its future hangs in the balance
Joe Arpaio: jerk!
He got his start as a narc, and took down a budding Texas music legend back in the day
Is the right willing to fight?
Suggesting that conservatives must choose between Trump and death is not innocent; it points toward civil war
Is "Kurdexit" coming next?
Iraq continues to bedevil American foreign policy, and the world. Now the Kurds will vote on their own state
Natural disasters from God?
Roman Catholic Theologian examines the idea that natural disasters are divine punishment
How flood insurance works
Relatively few homes hit by Harvey have flood insurance
Books that teach manners
Preschoolers are learning important social skills, and these books can help
Ice Age fashion
Fashion has a long history of responding to worldwide climate change
Lead test at weapons plant
A monitor set to measure lead at a munitions burning plant may offer answers for Radford, Virgina residents