The fight against epidemics like Ebola is waged by health care workers on the ground and by researchers in the lab. But it is also fought by public…

Eighty percent of Americans do not have access to solar power, leaving them with higher energy bills and larger carbon footprints. Steve Moilanen MPA…

The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the right of same-sex couples to marry, even as people on both ends of the political spectrum have cast…

Epidemics. Throughout history, they have obliterated populations and shattered economies. Crippling the public with fear, epidemics have disrupted…

A preliminary agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program was reached April 2 by Iran and six world powers: the five permanent members of the U.N…

In the midst of the financial crisis in 2009, Alan Krueger and Austan Goolsbee were two of the economists advising President Barack Obama as he…

The intersection of religion and politics has touched many issues from the early twentieth century to present. From divorce to civil rights to…

China's National People's Congress (NPC) recently ended its annual session, a 10-day event in which nearly 3,000 delegates gather to pass laws,…

In one of Israel's tightest races yet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu triumphed with the Likud Party capturing 30 of the 120 seats in Parliament.

With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and…

Denise Mauzerall, professor of environmental engineering and international affairs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the…

During his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson launched what is now known as "the Great Society," a set of domestic programs and initiatives aimed toward…