Sandy Hook should not have happened. Those 20 children and six teachers and administrators should not have died.

Global Warning, Desert Experience and An Invitation to Speak Up

We tend to provide only self-defeating half-measures to care for people with mental illness.

The editors on violence in Iraq, presidential prospects for 2016 and e-cigarettes

Recalling the origins of Thanksgiving might help us to renew this truly American “holy day.”

From the archives, the editors on the assassination of John F. Kennedy

The vast increase in the reach of U.S. intelligence operations lack a stringent moral grounding.

The editors on the human rights office in El Salvador, changes at the CTSA and lead exposure.

Sharing the Burden, A Civil Politician and Argentina's Future

The wheels of justice grind slowly indeed—perhaps slowest when they detour onto Wall Street.