We spoke with ten people who lived through school shootings. For them, preventing gun violence is more than a policy debate.

As worker retirement savings rates languish, Oregon becomes the first state to make IRAs an automatic option for all workers.

If Republicans favor court action against media and Democrats favor suppression of hate speech, is the First Amendment on the ropes?

A letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1980 created false confidence that opioid addiction was rare. This week, Ohio has sued five pharmaceutical companies for misleading the public about the risk of opioid addiction.

Kinder, gentler, "smart on crime" Republicans face challenge with old guard "tough on crime" Sessions, but White House position remains an open question.

Since 2000, American manufacturing production has continued to climb, even as American manufacturing employment. Automation may explain more job losses more than trade.

Tough cases of assisted suicide strain at existing boundaries in both U.S. and Europe, and the implications are weighty.

Battered with bad publicity in recent years, public support for the death penalty has declined alongside homicide rates, but according to voters, it's far from finished.

Some want Obama to wipe the slate clean by pardoning undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S as children, but the president says legal status can only come from Congress.

Even reluctant Republicans dodged their view of a doomsday scenario Tuesday, and Trump may have an unprecedented chance to alter the court.

In a six-part mini-documentary called “9 Months in the Bronx” released June 16, the BBC explores the difficulties poor and minority women face when it comes to giving birth while on welfare.

A controversial bill that critics say is part of a trend of governments restricting the work of foreign charities is awaiting the signature of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, according to Voice of America.

The Federal Reserve began raising its federal funds rate this week, a decision that signals confidence in economic growth for the future.

The Chinese yuan was granted reserve currency status by the IMF last week, which will give greater trade advantages to the communist nation.

The treasury's inspector general has urged the IRS to audit only the wealthiest taxpayers. The agency's budget is at a 10-year low and is turning to unconventional methods to bring in revenue.

Federal economists are targeting land-use restrictions, which they believe hurt the middle-class, reducing residential mobility.

Major drought is expected to lead to food and water shortages for the world's most fragile populations, international organizations are warning, as what one NASA climatologist called "Godzilla El Niño" continues to intensify.