The people, the army, the Resistance. Lebanon’s longstanding formula, where “resistance” is a euphemism for the Shiite political party and militia ...

We are in the midst of a journalism revival. Startups like Business Insider, Vox, Vice and FiveThirtyEight are reimagining not just newsgathering, ...

In this episode, Slaughter talks with historian Khalil Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Pub...

Directed by Academy Award® Winner Ross Kauffman and Emmy Award® Nominee Katy Chevigny, E-TEAM follows the high-stakes work of four fiercely intrepi...

In preparation for our event that will be broadcast on CSPAN on how America’s meat industry is returning to the Jungle on Monday, October 20th, her...

At last, unemployment is easing. But the latest low rate – hovering below 6 percent –obscures a deeper, longer-term problem: “skills mismatches” in...

New America Fellow Brian Barber describes what you need to know about the Gaza Strip that you can’t see in photographs and don’t hear enough about ...

Being a foot soldier in the Lebanese Armed Forces surely ranks high on the list of unenviable professions. Aside from trying to maintain calm along...

One week of presidential politics in the spring of 1987 changed political journalism forever and not for the better. So says noted political writer...

If you have children under the age of ten (or know anyone who does), you know at least one person who’s bought an Elsa costume for Halloween. But w...

The fate of the embattled Syrian town of Kobani, located right on the border with Turkey, has become intertwined with Kurdish movement for independ...

To the Islamic State, Syrian women are slaves. To much of the rest of the world, they are victims. It’s time we expose their real identity: an unta...

If you live in an American city, chances are you're getting a raw deal -- paying more for broadband, and yet getting slower service, than your urba...

Frustration with state governments is a common feeling these days. Meanwhile, cities forging ahead, using digital technologies to transform citizen...

By election day, an estimated $200 million in “dark money” will have flowed into the 2014 mid-term elections, more than any other election season w...

The 21st century is quickly becoming the era of the city. It has marked the first time in human history that the majority of us live in urban areas...

No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. After more than two weeks of bombing ISIL, what re-adjustments is the President making now th...

Cue the script: Dark music builds and a familiar villain—perhaps Scandal’s _Daddy Pope or _Batman’s Joker—sneaks into our sights, lurking. We know ...

It’s not just you. Feminism does seem to be getting weirder. On one hand, an increasingly diverse chorus of academic, pop culture, and male voices ...

“The poor” aren’t other people – they’re us. According to recent scholarship, by the time we’re 75 years old, 59 percent of us will fall below the ...

“Americans Want a Bar Exam for Teachers.” “More parents join suit to overturn tenure laws.” “Teachers’ Unions Under Fire.” Nearly every day, news h...

Most school field trips are to places the students might never go on their own: A museum, a play, a nature preserve. The idea is to open kids wide ...