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A number of new tech companies want to solve the opioid crisis with algorithms. It’s a flawed and potentially harmful proposition.

Maulik Pancholy was scheduled to give a talk on anti-bullying at a Pennsylvania school next month. School board members scrapped it, citing concerns about his activism and “lifestyle.”

She was believed to be the first Western scientist to study the animals in their natural habitat, but she struggled to overcome sexism in academia.

The statement is likely to be embraced by conservatives and stir consternation among L.G.B.T.Q. advocates who fear it will be used as a cudgel against transgender people.

The trial was the latest development in a case that has prompted scrutiny of education policies and race in the United States.

In a statement, the justice raised concerns that those with “traditional religious views” would be “‘labeled as bigots and treated as such’ by the government.”

The shock of the new, in political life, often sends us back to the past in search of an intellectual compass.

Pollution is contributing to Black Americans’ decision to move South, in a trend that is as worrying as it is moving.

The ruling by a National Court judge resulted from a pretrial inquiry into an unsolicited kiss that set off a widespread debate about sexism in Spanish women’s soccer.

The former president is again focusing on race and background as he campaigns against Nikki Haley in New Hampshire.

She got her start on Broadway at 15. But after finding a dearth of roles for Black women, she ultimately turned to one-woman shows that addressed racism and sexism.