It's easy to take advantage of interns who are new to the working world. Here are 4 things you should watch out for if you see them happening around you.
Many have been speaking out against Monsanto, but very few do it while only being 14 years old. Meet Rachel Parent. If she gets her way, she'll change the world.
Think a monthly period package subscription would be totally amazing? Don't worry — your desire for convenience is in no way contributing to the shame you do or don't feel about your period.
Despite scientific evidence and research, many Republicans refuse to believe that climate change is human-driven. But this may just be in the way conservative media attacks the subject.
In quick succession, a case about affirmative action at the University of Texas and a verdict in the Trayvon Martin case remind us we've got a long way to go.
The EPA tried to suppress a PowerPoint about about groundwater contamination from fracking in Dimock, Pennsylvania, a town featured prominently in the films 'Gasland' and 'Gasland 2.'
Netflix recently allowed users to create multiple profiles per account, saving countless relationships. Here are some more ways that the company could improve our lives.
Extremist groups around the world are increasingly depending on digitally-savvy members to broadcast their messages around the internet and recruit the next generation of terrorists.
No need to worry about out-of-control spending causing Washington to bleed red ink. According to leftists like Rep. Keith Ellison, the problem is government just doesn't have all of your money.
Some of the present day controversies simply around words and outbursts are distractions from other, more challenging and substantive fights for racial justice.
As well as any female comic out there, Amy Schumer destroys the old adage that girls aren't funny. Her humor is deeply observational, but she dishes out bathroom jokes with the best of them.
Shinzo Abe's victory in the upper house last month marks an opportunity to reinvigorate Japan's economy, but the PM must curb his nationalistic rhetoric and enact structural reforms to do it.
The reasons being cited for a vast security lockdown in the Middle East seem largely unexceptional. Are the details of the threat confidential, or are political motivations to blame?
Senators from both sides of the aisle are pressuring Obama to "stress its military option" when it comes to Iran's nuclear program while Rouhani calls for diplomatic talks.
Asked about race and police abuses of power, Jay-Z said that we need to focus on the middle class. Is he right? Or is the left's focus on income inequality a way to avoid controversial issues?
The GOP threat to "shut down the government" if they can’t defund Obamacare doesn't have teeth because they don't have the votes, it wouldn't go anywhere, and would backfire on them.
A BBC report found that the mastermind behind the Boston Marathon bombings subscribed to all sorts of right-wing extremist literature. But really, should that come as much of a surprise?
Last week's fast food strikes recall the labor activism of the Civil Rights Era. The demonstrations should remind us that dignity and a living wage are rights, not privileges.
It's pretty obvious that some of this summer's music is more than a little misogynistic. But is it really all that bad to snap along to the beat, all the same? Let's find out.
Is the libertarian wing of the Democratic Party looking for leaders, or are "libertarian Democrats" just liberals who haven't caved to President Obama?
In the 1930s, profit-seeking Hollywood execs modified American movies to satisfy Nazi censors, a practice that is now reemerging as U.S. filmmakers work to appease Chinese regulators.
After bass player Jared Hasselhoff wiped his crotch with the Russian flag at a Ukraine concert July 31, Russian officials once again took the bait by giving them massive attention.
A new company is harnessing technologies similar to those used in Google Earth to develop low-cost satellites for the mass market. Their technologies may transform the future of modern business.
Congress has let short-term priorities and easy political points cloud its judgment. Voting in favor of more sanctions on Iran, despite experts' calls for patience, is a bad move.
Removing draconian laws punishing insulting the president of Egypt with jail time, the interim government has decided that it will suppress free speech with a $4.300 fine instead. Progress?
The lab-grown hamburger produced from cow muscle cells might sound gross, but we eat genetically modified foods all the time, and you'll be shocked to find out what they are.
Two news giants, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe, were bought by billionaires. Panicked speculation concluded they were buying political influence, but they're actually saving print news
The Obama administration has been rebalancing its resources and energy towards the Asia-Pacific region, which it sees as an essential foreign policy move.
New reports over the weekend suggest the FBI has been using malicious software to spy on some online networks, putting further into question the line between online privacy and safety.
While recent embassy lock-downs across the Middle East been cause for some alarm, it turns out that global terror threats are actually on the downturn, particularly since 2008.
A recent "study" of what a 68 cent Big Mac price increase could mean for workers was total bunk, but that didn't prevent it from almost going viral in the media.
Maxwell's celebrated its last night of business with a free block party and two live performances, but what does the closing of the venue say about the local music scene of Hoboken?
Congress is where the people's representatives has out America's biggest problems. It's usually not an easy thing to do, and compromise is required. So where'd the compromise go?
The ultimate hype-man Al Sharpton originally gained notoriety by bringing a falsified rape case to national prominence. 25 years later, the accuser owes $400,000 in defamation. Sharpton? None.