Steps by the U.S. and other wealthy nations to provide millions of residents a third COVID-19 vaccination in coming weeks have raised tricky questions of equity.
On Aug....
Just as some Americans started feeling better about travel during the pandemic, airline passengers found they have another thing to worry about: fellow passengers.
The n...
Former President Donald Trump experienced something new during his rally in Mobile, Ala., Saturday night: He was briefly booed.
That never happens when Trump speaks to g...
One of my great concerns about the pandemic was that it would hinder the global mobility of people and labor, perhaps permanently. Unfortunately, my worst fears are bein...
Before the latest crisis in Afghanistan, Auburn’s Navid Hamidi said the “sky was the limit” for the generation who grew up after the Taliban was ousted in 2001, but he s...
Health insurance companies today can legally charge smokers up to 50% more in premiums than non-smokers, based on the simple fact that smokers have made a dangerous life...
Central bankers and journalists will assemble for the virtual Jackson Hole conference later this week. Their agenda will be broad. The future path of quantitative easing...
Amid the chaos in Kabul, politicians and pundits have declared the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan a defeat from which U.S. influence may never recover.
“Biden’s credib...
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.
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A photo shows three Afghan women chained to one another, walking behi...
Five thousand years after the Egyptians demonstrated science’s ability to hold death at bay, Florida’s governor is committed to denying his constituents that benefit.
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