Opinion

We must urgently grasp the nature of Russia’s goals.

Wendy Vitter, whom President Trump has nominated for a federal district court judgeship in Louisiana, refused to say whether she thought Brown v. Board of Education was rightly decided.

Stahl’s claim that the state of public schools has gotten better simply doesn’t hold up to the data. It fact, DeVos is entirely correct to point out that public school outcomes have not meaningfully improved.

President Xi Jinping was smart to strike a softer tone on trade earlier this month.

Assad would rather rule over the ruins of Syria than allow for a peaceful transition to democracy.

Besides our individual biological make up, colour perception is less about seeing what is actually out there and more about how our brain interprets colours to create something meaningful.

Misophonia is a neurophysiological condition in which people have a disproportionately negative reaction to specific sounds.

Is the country ready for a black president who is also a woman?

The airstrikes conducted by the United States, Britain, and France on Saturday against Syrian military targets were about upholding a nearly century-old prohibition against chemical warfare, not about Syria’s seven year-long war.

It’s official: Andrew McCabe lied.

To Trump and his merry band of climate-change deniers, boosting coal is fine. Helping solar is an unwarranted interference in the free market.

He was, in some ways, a victim of his own success.

Tax Day is right up there with “Root Canal Day” in terms of days that no one wants to celebrate.

There is mounting frustration in Japan in particular that while Abe has seemingly had good personal relations with the president, that rapport has meant very little in the end.

Because of Donald Trump.

Obama tried to sidestep crises, and Trump is allowing three autocratic governments to advance and a murderous dictatorship to survive.

Although you wouldn’t know it from mainstream advocacy campaigns, trans people have long been involved in efforts to stop gender-based violence.

Encryption can protect personal data from government intrusion, which means the government wants the key to break it.

Designers, celebrities and socialites are turning their backs on fur.

When you demand "Fill-In-Pet-Cause Rights," are you actually asking for rights, or are you asking for special, privileged treatment?

Earlier this month, Hawaii became the sixth state in the U.S. to legalize physician-assisted suicide.

The justices will hear arguments in several important cases, including challenges to the constitutionality of administrative law judges, state sales taxes for out-of-state online retailers, and the infamous Trump “travel ban,” making this month one to watch.

No matter what President Donald Trump does, the Iran deal is likely dead on May 12.

No matter how wise you consider this intervention, legal scholars generally agree that the United Nations Charter doesn’t allow the use of military force to prevent chemical weapons attacks—no matter how evil—without U.N. Security Council approval.

In striking Syria without an international law justification, the United States leaves itself open to criticism and may invite similar behavior by other countries.