By Katherine E. McKinney, Scott D. Sagan, Allen S. Weiner | July 1, 2020 In his first radio address after the bombing of Hiroshima, President Harry S. Truman claimed that…

By Richard Rhodes | August 6, 2020 Since the first use of nuclear weapons in war, 75 years ago this August, people concerned with the danger of large-scale nuclear war…

Among patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depression, those who experienced longer therapeutic seizures had higher odds of depression remission, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. Compared with patients whose…

Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards…

More than half of people incarcerated before the age of 18 go on to be reincarcerated as adults, with bipolar disorder and substance use disorders significantly increasing the odds of…

A three-part series from Reveal and the Center for Public Integrity tells the history of “40 Acres and a Mule,” the United States’ most famous attempt at reparations for formerly…

Gen X attended the most racially integrated school system in U.S. history before the Supreme Court dropped decrees and schools resegregated, an Axios review of federal data shows. The big picture: On…

Following the murder of George Floyd, evangelical Christians were more likely to avoid the issue of racial injustice, while mainline Protestants and Black clergy addressed the topic in their congregations…

Sao Paulo (AP) — The Brazilian government on Thursday apologized for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of Japanese immigrants in the years after World War II. “I…

Ottawa, ON—July 25, 2024 With hate crimes consistently on the rise, the Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime (OFOVC) is announcing the signing of a Memorandum of…