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When it comes to individual freedom of expression, the power of external authorities must be limited.

When it comes to the quality of school systems and curriculum, does the U.S. need a reality check?

Preventable deaths for all five leading mortality causes are “consistently higher” in rural communities.

From gun control to immigration, Americans remain split on a handful of contentious issues.

As a moral and political philosophy, classical liberalism lays a framework for the good society.

Here’s how to have a healthier relationship with politics.

No matter how arbitrary the distinction, human beings take affiliation very seriously.

When it comes to foreign intervention, we often overlook the practices that creep into life back home.

Does the President get to decide when to ignore the law?

Establishing cultural rights to protect diverse groups may not be the answer.

The protesters on the street aren’t just taking up space, they carry on a well thought out tradition.

Change is coming, but not from the generation that currently holds positions of power.

Researchers believe that war exacerbates climate change, threatening the environment and making future wars more likely.

Continuing the countdown, Big Think’s seventh most popular video of 2019 explains why universal basic income will hurt the 99%, and make the 1% even richer.

It’s a victory for homeless advocates on the West Coast, who say criminalizing homelessness is cruel and ineffective.

Going from a solitary teenage protester in front of the Swedish parliament to a global icon in little more than a year certainly merits a distinction.

An international study finds the vast majority of 15-year-olds can’t tell when they’re being manipulated.

America is polarized, but not as much as you might think.

The academic performance of American schoolchildren hasn’t budged in two decades, despite billions of dollars in increased funding.

How will Harris’ departure affect the remaining 15 candidates in the Democratic field?

In a recent interview, a former Boeing quality manager cited numerous safety concerns in the 787 Dreamliner.

The move reflects a broader nationwide effort to lower prices of the life-saving drug.

Millennial income did not recover from the Great Recession like older generations’, a disparity that can have dire consequences for future generations.

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

“We seem to be racing toward a new configuration of government and industry without having fully thought through all of the implications,” Steve Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists, told MIT Technology Review.

In hopes of saving their countries, many small nations are making big promises on cutting emissions.

But few critics actually addressed the science on climate change.

The week-long global protest, which is calling for an end to the age of fossil fuels, is taking place in more than 160 countries today.

The science of learning is decades ahead of the education system. How can we bring education into the present?

After China stopped accepting recylables, California was put in a tough place.