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How Our Treatment Of Microcephaly Sufferers Has — And Hasn’t — Changed

How Our Treatment Of Microcephaly Sufferers Has — And Hasn’t — Changed

The Zika epidemic has brought microcephaly into popular view. Has the public's treatment of the condition changed?
45,000 Wild Horses To Be Killed By U.S. Government To Save Money, Grazing Pasture

45,000 Wild Horses To Be Killed By U.S. Government To Save Money, Grazing Pasture

On Friday, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board voted in favor of killing 45,000 wild horses currently in government holding.
Photos Of The Great Depression’s Forgotten Black Victims

Photos Of The Great Depression’s Forgotten Black Victims

The Great Depression upended many American livelihoods and caused dramatic shifts in population sizes -- particularly among African-Americans. This is what that looked like.
Inside The Dangerous U.S.-Saudi Arabia Alliance

Inside The Dangerous U.S.-Saudi Arabia Alliance

As the U.S. fights to stop ISIS from making gains in the Middle East, it continues its relationship with Saudi Arabia, "an ISIS that made it."
More Parents Say “No More Homework” For Kids — And It’s Working

More Parents Say “No More Homework” For Kids — And It’s Working

As schools swing back into session, some families are saying “no” to one of its oldest conventions: homework.
Old New York Before The Skyscrapers In 39 Vintage Photos

Old New York Before The Skyscrapers In 39 Vintage Photos

These fascinating photos of old New York reveal what the city looked like before towering buildings dominated the skyline.
Meet The “Rich Kids Of Tehran”

Meet The “Rich Kids Of Tehran”

How can so much wealth and skin be flaunted in a country so known for its conservative Islamic ways?
How Left-Handedness Came To Be Seen As Evil

How Left-Handedness Came To Be Seen As Evil

How did left-handedness transform from a symptom of mental and moral deficiency to a sign of creativity and mental fortitude?
What Stephen Hawking Thinks Will Doom The World — And Why He’s Wrong

What Stephen Hawking Thinks Will Doom The World — And Why He’s Wrong

Many point to overpopulation as the obvious source of global problems, but is there any weight to this theory?
What Louis Armstrong Learned About Politics During His Middle East Tours

What Louis Armstrong Learned About Politics During His Middle East Tours

"The impoverished thinking that unfairly and irresponsibly attacked Armstrong – raised a generation that rules Egypt today, if not the Arab world."