The kind of world you grow up and live in is still too often determined by your race. A look at inequality in five key areas of American life.

The Postal Service has long faced financial problems. Will it be able to handle millions of mail-in ballots in November’s presidential election?

Thirty years ago, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, an important civil rights milestone that protects people with disabilities from discrimination.

Will Britain’s decision to leave the European Union cause the U.K. to break apart?

Turning 18 means you legally come of age. But American laws are inconsistent about how old you have to be for various rights and privileges.

Two experts weigh in on the issue.

Unusually heavy rains are wreaking havoc in parts of the nation.

Five California high schoolers offer advice and an ear to their fellow teens through a podcast.

The first play scripted by a robot is set to be professionally staged in January.

Quirky stats about tax refunds signed off on by Mickey Mouse, a British cat retiring, a record-breaking K-Pop video, and more

The countries where people spend the most time eating dinner

A glove that translates American Sign Language into English by transmitting data to your phone

How to handle a friend who sends you a bill for the dinner you ate at her house

Cartoons about racism in the U.S., Brexit, the post office, and more
