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The executive order strips protections for thousands of federal workers. The administration says it's needed to get rid of "poor performers," but critics call it an attack on nonpolitical employees.

Duke anthropologist Brian Hare argues that humans evolved in a way that left us more cooperative and friendlier than our now extinct human cousins, like Neanderthals and Denisovans.

College students who are studying remotely can vote in the state where their college is located. But this is controversial in some places, and students are organizing.

The presidential campaigns began the final weekend before Election Day by making efforts to drive up needed support in a handful of key states.

For the past six weeks, 24 students at Ann Arbor Community Learning Center have been doing their virtual classwork on computers provided by the public school district.

In a Kenyan fishing village along Lake Victoria, women fought the practice of fishermen demanding sex in exchange for a catch of fish to sell. They were making progress. Then came the floods of 2020.

In a week "unlike any other" featuring "the most important election of our lives," let us remember there will be events that are legitimately extraordinary. Actual records will in fact be broken.

This election season has brought a series of computer hacks and disinformation efforts. How do we distinguish between a real threat and a minor distraction?

The effort is part of a widespread push by Republicans to reject new voter-accommodation strategies implemented because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A new survey of Indian American voters finds they heavily favor Biden over Trump. Both campaigns have been reaching out to Indian Americans, a small but potentially decisive voting bloc.