In his new book, Melvin Urofsky, an emeritus professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of numerous books, details the critical issues around affirmative action in the United States.

This story of a Vietnamese immigrant growing up in the United States is constructed as a series of meditations on the lessons from great books that moved and instructed him.

If Joe Biden wins in November, he will be just the second Catholic elected president.

President Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on allegations that he ripped off donors trying to fund the southern border wall.

Catholic church authorities are demanding an investigation into one of Mexico's most notorious crimes: the murder a decade ago of 72 migrants by drug cartel gunmen.

The oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has renewed attention as to how environmental disasters affect ecological and economic life.

Remote, in-person or home schooling: They are all impossible. So why worry about failing?

The trafficking of women in Latin America has increased with the Covid-19 pandemic, according to church activists.