Mythili Rao

A year after exiting bankruptcy, Detroit's finances are in much better shape—but there's still a long road ahead to a full recovery. 

On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department announced a broad civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department's practices. 

Another week of mass shootings has brought a familiar routine. One doctor argues that we can stop the spread of violence by using the methods associated with disease control.

ISIS has created a complex network that can resupply fighters in a matter of hours. Oil sales have also become a central part of the terror group's funding model.

Texas's Health and Human Services Department is threatening to sue the International Rescue Committee for its efforts to aid and resettle of Syrian refugees.

New research suggests that when wealthy people believe their community has high income inequality, they become less generous. 

Maajid Nawaz is a former Islamic extremist. After his arrest in Egypt in 2001, he re-evaluated his views in prison and became a leading voice against radicalism. 

The Syrian refugee crisis may be overshadowed by politics in the U.S., but it is front and center in a new English version of a popular Arabic radio soap opera.

Fear isn't just a rhetorical tactic used in politics. It can also be a real driver of policy—and that is what we should be truly afraid of.

"Twixt Cup and Lip" was recently discovered in the library at the University of Virginia.

In the wake of the Paris attacks, Russia, France, Britain, and the U.S. have all increased airstrikes in Syria, and Raqqa in particular. 

Earlier this week, TED announced that its 2016 Ted Prize will be going to Sarah Parcak, a "satellite archaeologist" at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

President Obama recently sat down with writer Marilynne Robinson for a conversation about the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life and work.  

If there's one "Peanuts" moment that's seared in all of our minds, it's the one that appears after Lucy has yanked away Charlie Brown's football. Falling backwards, he cries "AUGH!"

This fall, Vermont Public Radio has its focus on Bernie Sanders. But even in his home state, the road to the presidency hasn’t been easy. One VPR reporter dives into Bernie's history.

A new FBI program called "Don't Be a Puppet" was designed to help fight radicalization, but community activists who reviewed it worry it will contribute to stigmatization. 

"Diversity" is something that's talked a lot about in American workplaces. But in the absence of real change, many say it's nothing more than a feel good word.

Vladimir Putin's attempts to control who uses the internet is documented in "Red Web," a new book by journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan. 

When it comes to nutrition science, there actually hasn't been any "new" breakthroughs in a very long time.

A new report finds that red meat can cause cancer. Food authors Maureen Ogle and Mark Bittman share two very different reactions to the news.