Only this year did Obama truly claim victory, declaring that 2014 was “a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at...

In the inaugural episode, Kevin, Andrew and Libby talk about President Obama's free community college plan, the recent college football national ch...

Among the millions of currently jobless Americans, an astonishing percentage qualify as “long-term unemployed,” which means they have been out of w...

If there's not an escape or a successful rescue effort, Western governments whose citizens are held by ISIS have only the options of either a negot...

"It's heartening that President Obama's address focused on Americans' privacy, but the only way to fulfill that promise is to pass surveillance ref...

But will continuing to challenge gender norms and document their harmful impacts lead to their extinction? To answer that question, we need to firs...

McCann argues that “‘For’ is the thorn in the paw of the ‘civic’ movement today. We espouse to build new, collaborative systems, new technologies, ...

According to Zelizer, the Selma film is “really exceptional in capturing the bravery and the courage of the movement, showing how the movement was ...

Will smarter and more empowered global networks of things further erode the power and legitimacy of nation states beyond what the Internet has alre...

As Russell comments, these “forgotten kingdoms” remind us of our own ignorance about them and also provide their own eloquent witness in a religiou...

While U.S. government computer systems are generally well-protected, the same cannot be said of many private and corporate networks, said Daily Bea...

Before they died, one of the brothers spoke on the phone to a journalist from the French news network BFM saying, "We are just telling you that we ...

But I loved the generosity shown by Julian Zelizer, author of the excellent, just-published history, “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Co...

Workers may invest years in their education and acquiring the skills that make them successful at their jobs -- only to be rejected because of fact...

Under Obama, the US has certainly pulled back considerably from the megalomaniac policies of the Bush administration. This reflects a profound war-...

*Shane Harris’ @War is a book that shows us the difference between the internet as we know it and the internet the way it is. As our access to the ...

"Deleting cookies is one of the few ways those concerned with tracking know to avoid having their behavior logged," said Laura Moy, senior policy c...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Sprint’s Chief Technology Officer Stephen Bye submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), noting tha...

Americans are obsessed with tracing their family trees. Enabled by the Internet and advances in genetic technology, millions of people are diving d...

Your child is more than a score. But in the era of No Child Left Behind and the Common Core, many are accusing America's public education system of...

U.S. security officials warn that the United States is at risk of similar attacks to those that occurred in Paris. Attorney General Eric Holder tol...