Three million Americans will find themselves uninsured after health care decision | Women's Olympic uniforms: athleticism or sex appeal? | Why the name of the Aurora shooter should be spoken | A musician's Cinderella story told in 'Searching for Sugar Man' | Searching Romney's foreign tour for a policy doctrine | Fighter jets bomb the Syrian city Aleppo | Pastor tests himself for HIV before his congregation to fight the stigma of AIDS | Remembering Sherman Hemsley | Will we ever see another Sally Ride? | The end of the Weekly Reader, a classroom favorite.
The Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act seems like a win for the uninsured, but according to the Congressional Budget Office, over three million people could wind up uninsured because of the ruling.
When it comes to the Olympic games, it’s hard not to be captivated by the human body and what it can accomplish. But looking at uniform changes over the years, it's clear that some people think those bodies — if they belong to females — are best shown half-naked.
When President Obama traveled to Aurora earlier this week, he agreed to not use the name of the shooter in any of his public speeches. John Cassidy, staff writer for The New Yorker, thinks that gesture comes at a cost.
Few Americans have ever heard of Rodriguez, a protest rock musician who, after making two albums in the early '70s, quit the music business. Rodriguez returned to his native Detroit and began working in construction. His music played on for decades, just not in the United States.
Romney has been quick to criticize the Obama regime’s handling of Iran, but now the former governor of Massachusetts is coming under pressure to define his own international doctrine. What do his upcoming travels say about what a Romney doctrine could look like?
Violence is intensifying in Syria, with reports of fighter jets bombing the city of Aleppo. If these reports are confirmed, the use of jets could mark a turning point in the 17-month-long uprising.
The Reverend Tony Lee, the pastor of a predominantly African-American church, is doing something unique to combat the AIDS. Four times a year, on the pulpit, he has himself tested for HIV in front of his entire congregation.
Actor Sherman Hemsley, who was famous for playing George Jefferson in the 1970s sitcom "The Jeffersons," died in El Paso Texas yesterday at the age of 74. Celeste Headlee remembers Hemsley in this audio essay.
When Sally Ride took off for the stars in 1983, everyone thought we were entering the Age of the Female Scientist, but 25 years after her first mission women comprised only 20 percent of computer science, engineering, and physics students in Bachelor's programs.
Although the fact that the surface of Greenland's massive ice sheet is melting is not news, the size and speed of the melt is. NASA scientists says a melt has taken place over a larger area than has been detected in three decades of satellite observation.
Before the constant buzzing of the 24-hour news cycle, many students' main source of news was found in the form of the classroom magazine Weekly Reader. On Monday, Scholastic announced that the publication would be discontinued.
Kambiz Hosseini: Iran's Jon Stewart on the Presidential Election
P is for Prison: Sesame Street and Overpopulation in America's Jails
Overpopulation of Prisons, The History of Privacy & Democracy, Will Snowden Be Extradited?
Arming the Syrian Rebels, Voices Against the War on Drugs, The Eiffel Tower as a Musical Instrument
Extradition or Rendition: How Will the U.S. Get Snowden Back on U.S. Territory?
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