Ellen Frankman

For many in Louisiana, Hurricane Isaac arrives in the shadow of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the region exactly seven years ago. While some residents have evacuated, others hav...

On the advent of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, tropical storm Isaac is heading towards New Orleans. Isaac revives the memory of both the devastation and reconstruction...

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Irene, the storm that swept its way into the Catskills and devastated the region and its residents. Despite significant efforts to p...

Long before the firestorm over Representative Todd Akin’s comments about rape and pregnancy turned many against him, the Congressman from Missouri had a loyal following in the Christi...

Though there is still uncertainty as to how strong Isaac will be when it makes landfall, much is at stake in Haiti, a country devastated by an earthquake just two years ago and in whi...

The 2000 election exposed the fragile state of the American voting system, but it's unclear how much has changed since the Bush v. Gore controversy 12 years ago. Rick Hasen says that ...

This election may in fact mark the first time that women’s issues sway the average American voter in who she chooses for president. But what if it wasn't women who changed the way the...

Ever wonder what the sound of a star being shredded by a black hole might sound like? A professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan explains how the light of a dying star can...

For the United States, the Vietnam War has long been embroiled in debate and analysis, propagated by the war’s three-decade duration, disputed status, and tremendous toll on human lif...

A dispute over a chain of uninhabited islands known as the Diaoyu in China and the Senkakus in Japan has lead to rising tensions between the two countries. The New York Times reports ...

Our nation's water system generally works so well that for many, it's invisible. The pipes lay hidden beneath the ground and when Americans turn on their faucets, the water flows at l...

The political and economic costs of harboring Julian Assange are high, so why has Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa chosen to do it? Ernesto Capello, Associate Professor of Latin Ame...

A new ad campaign against President Obama has former U.S. intelligence and special forces operatives attacking the President for boasting about killing Osama bin Laden and (allegedly)...

This election season, the campaign rhetoric appears to be overwhelmingly dominated by back-and-forth name-calling and character assaults.  Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the director of the ...

For the first time in this country, as many as 1.7 million young undocumented immigrants will be eligible to apply for deferred action status, an ambitious immigration initiative by P...

And as hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants begin applying for temporary legal status today, dozens of cities around the country have already begun changing their immigrat...

Last month, filmmaker Errol Morris published a quiz on The New York Times website that was seemingly about people's life outlooks. In actuality, it was testing something quite different.

Seventy-five years ago today, music was transformed forever. It was the day the Electro String Corporation awarded the first-ever electric guitar patent. Rudy Pensa, a guitar expert a...

Election Day is less than 100 days away, and the pressure is on Mitt Romney to announce a running mate. Many conservatives think Rep. Paul Ryan fits the bill.

Paralympian John Register reacts to Oscar Pistorius's performance and what it means for disabled athletes and for the future of the Paralympics.