Society & Politics

Researchers who took a close look at loosened concealed carry laws between 2010 and 2017 have found that “Shall Issue” regulations, which remove local authority discretion on the issuance of concealed carry gun permits, contribute […]

Deteriorating living and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the risk of forced labor, according to a new report from the University of Sheffield.This post was originally […]

In an era marked by rising strategic rivalry between the United States and China, allied democracies face increasingly complex foreign policy decisions. While many of these nations depend on U.S. military protection, they also rely […]

Open a book of maps and look for the “Indo-Pacific” region—it likely won’t be there.This post was originally published on this site

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe vs. Wade and devolved abortion regulation to the states.This post was originally published on this site

The U.S. is headed into what forecasters expect to be one of the hottest summers on record, and millions of people across the country will struggle to pay their power bills as temperatures and energy […]

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers—and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial.This post was originally published on this site

Lebanon’s consociational democracy is geared toward maintaining political stability in a society that is deeply divided along religious lines. Under this power-sharing system, seats in the parliament and top government offices are allocated to representatives […]

New archaeological research by Tulane University and the Proyecto Templo Mayor in Mexico reveals how obsidian—a volcanic glass used for tools and ceremonial objects and one of the most important raw materials in pre-Columbian times—moved […]

Jimmie Christian Duncan learned in April 2025 that a Louisiana judge had dismissed his capital murder conviction and he would no longer face the prospect of execution. In 1998, a jury convicted Duncan of murdering […]