Alexandra Botti

The Takeaway received a number of responses from parents who are considering homeschooling their kids in light of recent violence in school.

Parents all over the country are grappling with how to talk to their kids about mass shootings. We sit down with two of them.

The allure of educational toys lies in the prospect of increasing childhood intelligence during a critical time in the child's cognitive development.

Creator Tanya Saracho puts Latinx stories front and center with the new Starz series "Vida," about two women coming home to family secrets and a changing neighborhood in East L.A.

The Department of Education under Secretary Betsy DeVos is dismantling the team that investigates abuse by for-profit colleges according to The New York Times.

Iraqis went to the polls in Parliamentary elections, Saturday, in the first elections since US-backed Iraqi forces drove the Islamic State from the country. 

Republican State Representative Tarah Toohil has alleged her colleague, Republican Representative Nick Miccarelli, physically assaulted her after she ended their relationship.

This week, the public witnessed yet another incident of a white person calling the police on a person of color when no crime had been committed.

Around 300 of France's most prominent intellectuals and politicians have signed onto a manifesto calling on prominent Muslim leaders to amend the Quran.

Drug distribution companies allowed millions of addictive painkillers into West Virginia. After their congressional testimony, a West Virginia public health expert weighs in.

This week, a U.N. special rapporteur on violence against women offered a grim assessment of the state of Canada's indigenous population.

Sexual violence is still widespread in India, and many are furious at the government’s response under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Comedian Bill Cosby has been found guilty of sexual assaulting Andrea Constand over a decade ago. This was the second trial in this case, after a jury deadlocked last summer.

Scott Pruitt faced a tense interrogation on Capitol Hill, where he was met with inquiries into his actions as E.P.A. administrator and calls for his resignation. 

Two years ago, Alice Speri began to investigate complaints of abuse in U.S. immigration detention centers. What she found reveals a staggering amount of neglect.

Oral arguments begin today at the Supreme Court in a lawsuit intended to block President Trump's third version of a "travel ban" extending to mainly Muslim-majority countries.

Ronny Jackson, President Trump’s pick to be the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs, faces serious allegations about his conduct in the White House.

Against a fraught political backdrop, Laurie Metcalf stars in the revival of the hit ABC sitcom Roseanne as the Hillary-supporting pussy-hat-wearing sister of Roseanne Barr's character.

There are still many questions about how and why 29-year-old suspect Travis Reinking was able to have weapons. 

A report from the Human Rights Watch alleges that one detention facility in Yemen is subjecting migrants in its custody to horrific treatment, including extortion, rape, and beatings.