For adults who lose their hearing, deafness is an obvious disability, a physical problem that impairs their ability to communicate with family, friends, and the rest of the hearing world. But that is not how the hereditary deaf in this country understand not being able to hear: Deafness is, instead, a key to their identity […]

Every morning, they don their black robes, take their seats and listen to the pleas of a long line of immigrants desperate to stay in America. The pace is fast, the pressure intense, the stories sometimes haunting. The work, these judges say, is exhausting:

National Democratic leaders are asking state party officials to delay the Massachusetts presidential primary from March 6 until later in the spring, arguing in part that allowing the most Republican states to dominate the early voting would bolster the chances that a more conservative candidate will clinch the GOP nomination.

Three additional bodies were discovered along a Long Island shoreline yesterday. A total of eight bodies have been found in the area since December; all of the 20-something women are thought to have been prostitutes.

We get it–you’re living on a tight budget. So when we presented 10 incredibly easy ways to save money in college last month, it’s no surprise that they were incredibly popular. So in order to help you out even more, we’ve put our brains together to come up with another 10 ways you might not […]

As Casey Anthony’s murder trial approaches, a new level of weirdness has settled in around the case: A recent wave of obsessed court watchers and fanatics have tried to inject themselves into the story, only adding to the circus atmosphere.

As the job market finally starts to show signs of improvement, it might seem natural to want to take a closer look at the €œ”Best Jobs”€ and “€œHot Careers€” lists that media outlets of all stripes produce like clockwork every year. After all, who wants to stay stuck in a dying industry?

Finding Qatar on a map may be as difficult as learning how to pronounce the country’s name.

As a player, he was a top-notch defender who was part of eight NBA championship teams with the Boston Celtics.

Bob Ley of ESPN’s Outside the Lines hosted a fascinating round table debate based on Ralph Nader’s plan to abolish college athletic scholarships Monday afternoon.

For years now, numerous commentators (myself included) have made comparisons of the food industry with Big Tobacco. The most recent example should become the poster child for how the most egregious tactics of tobacco companies are alive and well. Last month came the announcement that the American Beverage Association (the lobbying arm of soft drink […]

The fines levied last week on Virginia Tech for failing to raise an immediate alarm about a shooter on campus on April 16, 2007, have been criticized as low, even by the disciplinary panel that assessed them.