Recently released Census data reveal that, in 2015, the poverty rate dropped significantly for most demographic groups. One of the only groups who didn’t see…
Malaysia’s use of criminal laws to arrest, question, and prosecute individuals for peaceful speech and assembly has deepened in the year since Human Rights Watch…
Throughout the U.S., trees are dying at an astonishing rate. The reasons for the die-off vary from location to location -- drought, disease, insects and wildfires --…
In an ominous sign for press freedom, documentary filmmaker and journalist Deia Schlosberg was arrested and charged with felonies carrying a whopping maximum sentence of…
While raising children is a major responsibility and protracted undertaking for couples, it becomes markedly more demanding and often onerous for lone parents. Children raised…
Jack provides a brief overview of important developments in the global economy this past week, focusing on China. Renewed financial bubbles in real estate and…