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There's a comprehensive, and comprehensively dismal new report about the massive (seriously-it's massive) achievement disparity between white and...

Activities that cause costly harm to our ecosystems and hurt public health enjoy a scandalously low tax rate.

A new study hopes to propose a more nuanced picture of what gay men actually do in bed.

In the wake of the rash of suicides that have taken place this year at Cornell University, The Daily Beast unveils its list of the 50 most...

This is the first entry in a new series exploring filmmaking for social good. Still frame above from October Country.
The films October Country...

Create a home-made valentine for the millions of women around the world who could use a reminder that they matter, today and everyday.

We asked you to create a valentine for victims of sexual and domestic violence. Take a look at the 10 finalists, and vote on your favorite.

In vitro meat might seem attractive from an environmental perspective, but it's damn expensive to develop.

Social entrepreneur Peter Thum fields readers' questions about his company, Fonderie 47.

Five ideas that have helped me on my quest to be happier.

The internet is calling bullshit on the instantly famous Vancouver make-out picture. We asked the photographer what he saw.

Respecting the imagination in the age of "reality" media
The other day, I heard a high school English teacher talking about changes her...

When you're trolling the aisles at the grocery store and you slip from the cereal aisle to the shampoo section, do the definitions change? If it...

Carrier pigeons were indispensable to the victory of the Allies during World Wars I and II. They were given fancy french names like Gustav and Mon...

We've already mentioned that a certain hip, fuel-efficient car maker had an even rougher 2008 than the Big Three. But only now are we learning...

Since the recession began more than two years ago, the Pew Research Center reports that more than half of all Americans have lost their job, had...

"Will America's universities go the way of its car companies?" asks The Economist, whose nifty chart shows how the price of college has far...

To add some perspective to the current bank bailout situation, this infographic shows how our one-time crisis expenditures of the past year...

What does this summer's Julia Child renaissance mean for our home cooking habits?
Julia Child, the late cookbook author, public television...