(THE CONVERSATION) American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ismar Volić, Wellesley College; Andy Schultz, Wellesley College, and David McCune, ...

ALBANY — New York’s highest court has rejected an effort by the town of Newburgh to strike down a key section of the state’s voting rights law, which will allow a lawsuit that accuses the town of ...

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Monday, Dec. 1 on a bipartisan bill to allow the NCAA, and potentially the newly formed College Sports Commission, to create and enforce national ...

Darren Schwartz said he concentrates "on what matters most, which is, how can I continue to improve the school system on behalf of the students?” ...

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Advances in technology have greatly accelerated scientific understanding of vision and the brain. Researchers can now routinely record the activity of thousands of neurons at the same time and pair ...

The White House is expected to announce plans to build a new, large warship that President Donald Trump is calling a ...

Piper Gilles shook her head as the scores popped up on the screen. She and Paul Poirier had just delivered their cleanest ...