Behind every breakthrough, there is a quest for truth. This desire is wired into humans—an insatiable curiosity about the world. Questions about truth have perplexed philosophers for thousands of ...

Political content on social media finds you even if you’re not looking for it, and it tends to do so through a ...

Truth has always been contested — what’s new, says philosopher Gila Sher, is the erosion of respect for truth in everyday ...

At King College Prep on Chicago’s South Side, high schoolers got a crash course about the civil rights leader after his death ...

Moreover, you cannot have a meaningful relationship with anyone who doesn’t respect you on a human level. That means your “friend” who continues to make racialized “jokes” after you’ve expressed that ...

R ight before armed guards escorted me from the rally and left me on the edge of a Texas county road, I was informed that I ...

Those of us who agree with Szasz that “mental illness” is a myth will often put quotes around the term to bring attention to its problematic nature. Should we also be bringing attention to the ...

Fantasy shows are home to deep, insightful quotes about the nature of power, as heard in lines from Game of Thrones and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, was known not just as a tireless advocate for the Civil Rights Movement but as one of its most dynamic orators. He spoke tirelessly for the ...

His memorable appearance was brought to us by the letter ‘I,’ for inspiration. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The New York Times. A young Black man sits on a ...

Puerto Rico's Republican governor on Thursday signed a bill that amends a law to recognize an unborn baby as a human being, which opponents argued could eventually lead to outlawing abortion in the ...