Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Marc Ambinder
People are frustrated and depressed, but have complied with what they’ve been asked to endure because they trust that state and local public health officials are telling the truth about the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Written by: Fritz Breithaupt
While the increased isolation and spacing of the new drastic measures come as shock to many people, social distancing is not new if you take the long view – the very long view.
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- Written by: David Jacobson and Zacharias Pieri
The immediate concerns of the coronavirus are clear: an unprecedented health crisis and economic devastation.
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- Written by: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
As the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, “social distancing” has become a buzzword of these strange times.
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- Written by: Christopher Beem
At its core, the United States Declaration of Independence argues that all human beings have “unalienable rights.” These include right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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- Written by: Joel Christensen
Plagues functioned as a setup for an even more crucial theme in ancient myth: a leader’s intelligence.
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- Written by: Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy
Bernie Sanders has emerged in the race for the presidential nomination. Yet even some left-leaning pundits and publications are concerned about what they see as Sanders’ potential lack of electability.
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- Written by: Beverly B. Palmer
“Climate change is a hoax,” my cousin said during a family birthday party. “I saw on Twitter it’s just a way to get people to buy expensive electric cars.” I sighed while thinking, “How can he be so misinformed?”
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- Written by: Alainna Liloia
Arab women, long relegated to the private sphere by law and social custom, are gaining new access to public life.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
This election in 2020 will undoubtedly come down to the turn out and the voting pattern of women.
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- Written by: Christian Jarrett
The use of trigger warnings has since spread. The warnings have become another battlefield in the culture wars, with many seeing them as threatening free speech and the latest sign of ‘political correctness’ gone mad.
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- Written by: NativeHope.org
There are always two sides of a story. Unfortunately, when it comes to the history of Thanksgiving, generations of Americans have been taught a one-sided history in homes and schools.
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- Written by: Michael Messner
If President Donald Trump had gotten his way, the nation would have celebrated the centennial of the World War I armistice last year on Nov. 11 with a massive military parade in Washington, D.C.
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- Written by: María Celeste Wagner and Pablo J. Boczkowski
As the country looks ahead to President Donald Trump’s possible impeachment proceedings, as social scientists, we anticipate that not only will the Americans’ opinions be polarized, but so will their emotions.
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- Written by: Brian D. Sites, MD, MS and Matthew A. Davis, MPH, PhD
The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to use prescription opioids, according to new research.
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- Written by: Serbulent Turan
Political scientists have historically been bad at foreseeing the most important developments. Few of us guessed the end of the Cold War; almost no one saw the Arab Spring coming.
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- Written by: Bridget Marshall
“Witch hunt” – it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations of corruption.
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- Written by: Christopher D. Lynn
I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its tail quivered, I felt a sympathetic twitch in my leg. Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo III, the sixth-generation Samoan hand-tap tattoo master leaning over me, paused to see if my movement was due to pain.
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- Written by: Malinda Maynor Lowery
More and more towns and cities across the country are electing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an alternative to – or in addition to – the day intended to honor Columbus’ voyages.
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- Written by: Lindsay Grace
Video games are often blamed for unemployment, violence in society and addiction – including by partisan politicians raising moral concerns.
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- Written by: Robert B. Talisse
When people try to explain why the United States is so politically polarized now, they frequently refer to the concept of “echo chambers.”
