Choosing the right school medium—English or vernacular (local language)—is a major decision for parents. Both have unique benefits and drawbacks. For centuries, education relied on local, or ...

William “Doug” Parker, the former CEO of American Airlines, once made a poignant observation about leading a big organization that has stayed with me ever since. He said he’d learned to hold his ...

Masonia Traylor folded into a ball in the corner of the patient room. "No," the 23-year-old screamed, over and over again. She was HIV-positive. It came as a surprise to the now 38-year-old from ...

It is becoming ever more common for bosses to talk up their artificial-intelligence efforts while wielding the axe. Last month Enrique Lores, chief executive of hP, said that the computer manufacturer ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Is there a better inkblot test for America right now than reaction to Bad Bunny being the halftime act for Super ...

Julian Wolpert, the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Geography, Public Affairs, and Urban Planning, Emeritus, died at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, New Jersey, on Aug. 22. He was 92. Wolpert, ...

Stephanie Brown has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Manuel Eisner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...

One of the biggest gripes I have about my academic field of social science is that it explains a lot about human behavior but is very short on prescriptions for how to live day to day. Even when it ...

For weeks before he sent naval forces to Iceland, Franklin Roosevelt tried to make up his mind whether that rocky island, a stepping stone in the sea between Greenland and Britain, properly belonged ...

Explains the concepts of latitude and longitude, which are used to locate places on Earth. It describes how latitude is measured in degrees north or south of the equator and how longitude is measured ...