Born to a Palestinian Arab father and an Israeli Jewish mother, author Amir Sommer discusses the words that people on both sides of the conflict use and avoid and how he navigates it.

At the end of a bitter and closely divided election season, there’s a genuine bright spot for democracy from our 49th state: Alaskans decided to keep the state’s system of open primaries and ranked choice voting because it is working.

When the surprise Battle of the Bulge occurred, the fighting caused major food losses in Belgium. It was American and Allied food assistance that saved many children and families from starvation during the war. There are millions of children starving across the globe right now because of wars and climate change. They look to Americans for help too.

When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it could not have known how relevant the theme would feel in South Korea just two months later.

The purpose of time-keeping is to facilitate economic coordination, and daylight saving time better suits our modern economy.

Whether Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will have any actual authority, remains to be seen. So, if you are a federal worker, should you quit and avoid the (potential) wrath of DOGE?

Over the last 30 years, the U.S. had different presidents with very different different policies and even more different rhetoric. But U.S. economic trends — with the usual dips and spikes — have been largely positive through all of those presidencies.

The rising panic over mystery drones swarming the skies of Mid-Atlantic states reminds us that, in the centuries-long hunt to identify UFOs, humans are usually the weakest link.

The final days of Bashar Assad’s regime contain an enduring lesson: Across time and space, the will to fight remains a basic prerequisite for military effectiveness.

Every year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs conducts the nation’s largest analysis of veteran suicide rates. Unfortunately, the results are chilling.