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In the face of rising inequality, we need to elect politicians who will tax the rich.

At fifty-one, Dion is wrapping up her Vegas residency with a world tour, an album, and two movies in the works. Why has it taken forty years for the world's most talented singer to finally become cool?

In 2012, a member of one of Asia’s richest families killed a Bangkok police officer in a hit and run. Seven years later, he’s still free.

Humans generate about 45 million tons of waste every year. Where does it all go?

Six years ago, seven health care researchers were fired by the government in Canada for alleged misuse of data. They’re still trying to understand what happened.

Suicide is scary and messy and exhausting, and we need to be far more honest about it

Technology keeps us constantly stimulated. What do we lose when we no longer have nothing to do?

Don’t use deli meat as bait, for starters.

As a doctor, I can keep somebody breathing even after brain death. How do I make the final call?

Fake publications are corrupting the world of research — and influencing real news.

Why same-sex attraction on TV panders to straight audiences.

I used to think that good things happened to good people. Then my dad was killed.

The entrepreneur who made billions putting BlackBerrys into pockets is now sounding the alarm about Big Tech’s creep toward surveillance capitalism.

Beliefs around damnation have always been in flux. Now the concept may be disappearing for good.

When my therapist wasn’t able to fit me into their schedule, I turned to equine therapy.

Psychedelics are a potential cure for everything from depression to addiction. Why did we ban these drugs in the first place?

When adventurers crave “untouched” places and “authentic” peoples, it’s the locals who ultimately pay.

First I lost my job, then I lost my confidence, then I lost my voice.

A Holocaust survivor puzzles over a deed that helped him understand man’s potential for kindness.

How one government policy makes it near impossible for Indigenous people to travel through their own community.