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Protesters hold signs that say "We can end gun violence."

Mass shootings aren’t growing more common — and evidence contradicts common stereotypes about the killers

Despite how many people feel about the frequency and motivations of mass shootings, data shows us some unexpected results.

women at a prison

As opioids land more women in prison, Ohio finds alternative treatments

Lifestyle

Why World War I still matters, 100 years after it began

View of Grbavica, a neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia.

How wars end part V: Bosnia

Conflict & Justice

Dissecting The Egyptian Division in Cairo & the United States

New Tennessee law: encouraging creationism or academic freedom?

Global Politics

A new law in Tennessee will allow public school teachers to discuss alternatives to such scientific topics as evolution and climate change. The bill, known as the “academic freedom” law by its supporters and the “monkey bill,” by its detractors, went into effect Friday.

NCAA Tournament 2012: Harvard Yard gripped by March Madness

Arts, Culture & Media

With the NCAA Tournament underway, and the first big games just hours away on Thursday, students at Harvard are in the grips of March Madness for the first time in more than six decades. Harvard last made the NCAA Tournament in 1946.

Rust Belt cities, like Pittsburgh, trying to lure more immigrants

Long before Detroit’s meltdown, there was Pittsburgh’s.     “It’s a pretty safe bet that Pittsburgh suffered the worst economic setback of any region in the United States in the second half of the 20th century,” said Bill Flanagan, who is helping spearhead development here with the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. “By 1983, the […]

Egyptian-Americans Weigh in on Nation’s New Chapter

For Egyptian-Americans, the definitions and ideas of freedom and independence are being tested as Egypt embarks on a new chapter. Hours after the country’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, was removed from power, the military suspended the Constitution and installed an interim government under the leadership of Adil Mansour, the chief justice of the […]