If you care about the future of the Internet, you should be paying attention to what’s happening in Busan, South Korea, right now. You may not have...

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

The Daddy Bonus. The Mommy Penalty. We’ve seen a lot of news recently about how the pay gap between men and women is sometimes tied to parenthood. ...

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

At least since the first “billion-dollar election,” in 1996, money in politics has seemed like one of those perpetual problems that we wring our ha...

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...

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...

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 ...

Work-life balance is having a moment, but for the wrong reasons. Although scholars have been researching work-life-fit for over 50 years, the 2008 ...

“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 ...

“Where are all the women?” That was the question Vivek Wadhwa’s wife whispered to him at the 2009 “Crunchies Awards” – the tech industry’s Oscars. ...

New America Fellow Mei Fong explains what you need to know about Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution, and why the violent turn was so unexpected. More:...