A Brookings report takes the "mend it, don't end it" approach to the embattled SNAP program.
A Center for Public Integrity investigation argues for better rules on judicial conflicts of interest.
There's a reason the U.S. farm lobby wants better access to Cuba.
The "Pope Francis Effect" hasn't caught on in the U.S., according to a Pew study.
Australia's security service tapped some phones in Indonesia. It hasn't ended well.
After ousting a dictator, Filipinos built a government that skewed local. Will natural disaster strain that system?
Google's "People Finder" is proving quietly useful amid the Philippine typhoon crisis.
Only seven out of nearly 800 inmates have been convicted and sentenced.
Is cycling's problem that it's a sport of freelancers?
Could a new medical finding make it harder to claim something isn't torture?
You can't, and that's the problem, argues the International Crisis Group.
Tomorrow, 6,000 fraud cops will be deployed for elections in Madagascar, one of the world's poorest nations.
And a four-figure temperature control device for $220,000.
But it's still a tiny, tiny percentage of trips compared to cars. And walking is falling.
A long time ago, amid a fight like today's, the conservative's conservative told Congress he loved them.
A New America study ponders privacy for new Internet users in an "age of tracking."
Why was an aid ship sailing through pirate-infested waters without an escort?
Pharmaceutical companies in the European Union are blocking off-label drugs for executions.
A briefing paper calls for putting pressure on U.S. e-commerce.
Unemployed Europeans are studying German to find work. But so are the employed ones.
The formula appears to be (Good Coffee + Wiggo) x Unemployment.
Yes, argues a Human Rights Watch document.
Walmart and Benetton ducked a meeting in Geneva today on restitution.
A million and a half people formed a human chain across Catalunya today to call for the region's break from a crippled country.
A political revolving door case raises eyebrows in Europe.
What is the family of a Caribbean president hoping to accomplish by making public their violent lives?
Sami ben Gharbia was one of the first recipients of the "Cablegate" files.
As wave of military suicides continues.
One of only five countries on Earth to say no to the global ban.
The famous author, who died today, once earned $100 a week writing cowboy tales.
Are freak longevity cases more about record-keeping than genetics, diet, or exercise?
Spain's Mariano Rajoy picks a suspiciously perfect moment to revive a 300-year-old fight with England.
A series of testimonials offers notes from civilians amid the conflict, claims Syria Deeply.
A newspaper in the emirates suggests breaking bad dietary habits along with the fast.