The ongoing protests in Ferguson one year after the shooting of Michael Brown highlight the elevated risks that African Americans face when interacting with police in the U.S.

While the siblings in What Pet Should I Get? may not be as familiar as Scout and Jem Finch, Dr Seuss' new book is the latest addition to a body of work that remains just as committed to social justice as Harper Lee’s famous novels.

F Scott Fitzgerald is famous for saying that there are no second acts in American lives, but we seem to have granted Harper Lee a blockbuster: her second novel (or her first, depending on whose story you believe), Go Set a Watchman, is a bestseller before it even appears in print.

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on the abortion issue again, and with reason.

When you read about Dylann Roof, think about the patterns he represents. There’s more than one.

I’m not sure whether I’m weeping tears of laughter or sorrow at the comments made by Nobel Laureate and English biochemist Tim Hunt.