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ProPublica reporter Jesse Eisinger says that the government undermines the notion of equity and fails to deter crime when it allows large corporations to settle lawsuits by paying fines.

John Coltrane's Giant Steps is a great piece of American music, says blogger Adam Frank. In this video, musician and artist Michal Levy uses spatial metaphors to represent the song's symmetries.

The 6-year-old children's book character struck a chord when she debuted in the 1950s. Now a new exhibition shines a light on how Eloise came to be.

Dina Nayeri left Iran with her mother when she was 8 years old. Her father stayed behind. The same is true of the protagonist in her new novel. "I don't feel like any place is home," Nayeri says.

Preliminary hearings for 18 Penn State fraternity members charged in the hazing-related death of a pledge were scheduled to end Tuesday. But the judge has…

For the first time since 2002, home field advantage in the World Series wasn't on the line in the exhibition, but the AL's 2-1 win was still hard-fought.

The Senate Judiciary Committee and a host of human rights and civil liberties groups have questions for the president's nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced a "regulatory reset" for predatory for-profit colleges, and students and others are speaking out in testimony.

China has refused to let Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, now near death, obtain medical treatment abroad. Beijing released dissidents in the past, but it no longer needs to cave in to foreign pressure.

The move is historic for Beijing, which has aimed to project a presence in Africa: "This base will support China's navy to go farther afield," state-run media say, "and it is of great significance."