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Most families today need more than one incomes to be part of the middle class. That is a huge transformation that puts a strain on all kinds of families.

Everyone has freedom to choose what kind of person he or she wants to be. We can live like cockroaches and feed on rubbish—or like eagles, who fly very high.

Over 4 million people are displaced in Colombia because of war; both the rightist paramilitary and the leftist guerillas steal land to make themselves richer.

“I realized being in the jungle that what I had thought I could do—changing the way politics were being done in Colombia—was not possible the way I wanted to do […]

Some of Betancourt’s fellow captives were critical of her behavior in their memoir. “I don’t want to judge them because I think we all are entitled to our truth and […]

In order to respect herself and to keep hold of her sanity, Betancourt refused to follow her guards’ orders. When you’re obliged to do things you don’t want to do, […]

During her six years in captivity, the former Colombian presidential candidate learned that those who are stripped of power lash out against those who are equally powerless—just like children in […]

A conversation with the former Colombian presidential candidate and political hostage.

While coal has long supplied energy to the Navajo tribe in Arizona, new inspiration and political will is calling for renewable energy to build the society’s future.

“Researchers find they can alleviate depression in mice by boosting a protein in one part of the brain.” Technology Review on how gene therapy could be used in humans.

France’s new Internet piracy police has been scouring the Web for illegal downloaders of films and music, sending warning emails to suspected intellectual property thieves.

Does wine taste better in certain phases of the moon? Catherine Nixey examines a 20th century theory that says earth’s satellite affects the taste of the vintage.

“The Bible exhorts us to love our neighbors. But what about our colleagues? Do we really need to love the people we work with?” Dr. Paul Zak on why love is essential in the workplace.

“The differences between Twitter and Facebook mirror a longstanding debate about how the human brain processes other people.” The Frontal Cortex explains.

The author gives a brief history of the Ouija Board, the wildly popular artifact that came out of the spiritualist movement and captivated America for a century. It is now […]

People need modern doorways to explore universal religious and ethical ideas, and alternative spiritualities like the occultism and new ageism do just that, says the author.

Rather than discrediting the occult, recent scientific discoveries in quantum physics seem to reaffirm a place for mystical ideas. But the author cautions both sides not to jump to hasty […]

Historical records suggest that President Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd may have held two séances to contact their dead son Willie. But even if these stories are not true, […]

America has always been a magnet for those fleeing religious persecution, particularly those displaced by the Thirty Years War and the backlash against the religious liberalism of the Renaissance.

Some people think it’s something diabolical; others think it’s a mélange of superstition and nonsense. In truth, it’s neither of these things.

Aside from the immediate need to protect victims and stabilize society, it is also necessary to look down the road toward bringing perpetrators of sexual violence to justice.

In the Congo, widespread rape has created conditions for women where there is “no joy, no love, no concept of what we would think was a dignified life.”

In the Democratic Republic of Congo sexual violence against women runs rampant, leaving the civil population very exposed and under constant threat in and around mining towns.

A conversation with the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence and Conflict.

A conversation with the author of “Occult America.”

“Beautifully preserved bees, ants, spiders and other small prehistoric creatures that lived 50 million years ago have been unearthed in a huge amber deposit in India.”

“The creator of America’s first and best satirical daily newspaper cartoon talks about 40 years of upsetting politicians and editors.”

“Mentally disturbed people are not merely paying a personal price for our social sanity, but are sometimes gifted too in their own peculiar way.”

A US study into adult creativity has discovered that the more an adult acts and thinks like a child, the more imaginative he or she becomes.

France has no right to ban the burqa, says the filmmaker. “If they want to wear a burqa, if they feel safe and beautiful that way, who is France to […]