A failed execution in Tennessee and plans to livestream a firing squad are recharging America’s death penalty debate, raising ...

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This year’s award went to a South African jurist who not only reshaped international law but also says her inspiration came ...

It has been five years since the Taliban outlawed women’s education beyond sixth grade, forcing English and math lessons ...

The Cornell rape allegations have drawn significant public attention, and views of them are being informed by past issues ...

For Abul Oyay Deng Ajak, The Baobab House is home. It is also an art gallery and a gathering place during lingering political ...

In Taiwan, a mechanic-turned-wood-carver makes art from driftwood collected from beaches after typhoons.

New political maps have flowed from a Supreme Court ruling reinterpreting the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Tennessee ...

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In an aging Congress, more than two dozen seats will be filled by someone younger than the incumbent who is leaving or was ...

Federal officials are making the latest shooting of an immigrant during an arrest to be about the question of local ...