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Despite a stream of headlines last year about unionization drives throughout the nation, the share of American workers in unions fell to its lowest level on record. What's going on?

Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was removed from an English class at the public school. PEN America says it's part of a trend of scrubbing literature dealing with uncomfortable topics.

Deepening drought is raising fears of another bad year for wildfires. It's also expected to trigger more water cutbacks in a number of states.

Run-of-the-mill runny noses and coughs are back, after a break during the pandemic's height, when so many of us were circulating less and wearing masks. Here's how to keep household viruses at bay.

On the coast of the eastern U.S., a combination of climate change and development is threatening the fertile fishing grounds and salt marshes that have sustained and protected the region.

When a lawyer was denied entry to a Rockettes show, it became a flashpoint in the debate over facial recognition technology. Does it keep people safe, or risk further harm?

Donald Trump is indicted on felony charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. How conservative media are covering the indictment. Fitch strips the U.S. of its Triple-A bond rating.

Plenty of Americans consider themselves to be unaffiliated from any religious institution. Yet for some, including Perry Bacon, the pull to a community like a church remains strong.

A new book argues that the arts have a role to play in shaking up the status quo in the American health care system and creating 'desperately needed culture change.'

Election officials monitor voting underway in general election. Right-wing influencers try to find evidence Haitian immigrants in Ohio ate pets. Few patients have signed up for sickle cell treatment.