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A new book by constitutional attorney Andrew Seidel takes on Christian nationalism.

The private sector may need the Outer Space Treaty to be updated before it can make any claims to celestial bodies or their resources.

Discrimination against people because of their age is a real phenomenon.

Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker reminds us that innuendo and euphemism yield better quid pro quo results than an “or else” ultimatum.

Some say Islam is not a religion. Here’s why all faiths should contest that.

Even if automation makes human trafficking economically inefficient, that alone won’t end this unethical practice.

Can treating addiction as a disease work better than treating it as a vice?

The alleged identity theft may be the first space crime.

What’s next for the nation’s opioid cases?

Without a country to belong to, many of these people lack some of the most fundamental rights.

President Trump has called for Silicon Valley to develop digital precogs, but such systems raise efficacy concerns.

We tend to promote foreigners by broadcasting their economic and scholarly value, instead of their intrinsic humanity.

Gun safety laws have a historical precedent in the 1939 court case U.S. v Miller.

Animal law is the fastest growing legal discipline.

A former employee says the company was trying to rebrand itself as “cool” and “trendy” in order to attract younger workers.

Researchers discover government agencies use facial recognition software on photos from local DMVs.

Are these two words interchangeable?

Studies on stress and memory have often given conflicting results.

How much bravery can and should we expect from police officers?

Former president of the ACLU Nadine Strossen discusses whether our society should always defend free speech rights, even for groups who would oppose such rights.

Are we witnessing the end of democracy in America?

Where would you go if you could go anywhere?

The city council voted in favor of the ban by a margin of 8 to 1.

What can and can’t you say? A brief glimpse of precedent-setting free speech cases in the United States.

It’s illegal to discriminate against people based on their gender, race, or religion. What about veganism?

An investigation finds the cause of failed NASA launches and $700 million in losses.

In most states, LGBTQ Americans have no legal protections against discrimination in the workplace.

In the face of seemingly unstoppable gun violence, Americans could stand to gain by looking to the Swiss.

U.S. laws regulating online speech offer broad protections for private companies, but experts worry free expression may be threatened by “better safe than sorry” voluntary censorship.

Drug use and arrests are rising overall, but those changes vary depending on the state.