It’s been assumed that most Arab countries are adamantly opposed to Iran’s regional rise and therefore not in favor of a nuclear deal. But is that really the case?
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Symbols can unite and divide. How religion helped turn division over the Confederate flag into consensus.
Ross William Ulbricht, the tech-savvy Texan who created the Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on charges that equated him with a mafia boss.
The Confederate flag isn’t the only one with a violent past.
The passage of fast-track trading authority represents a rare moment of bipartisan compromise. How did it happen?
SCOTUS effectively continued the practice of lethal injection with its ruling. But is lethal injection really as humane as we think?
While the Charleston shooting is unusually horrifying, many of the themes of this tragedy are symptomatic of the nature of hate violence in our country
Filming, live-streaming, sharing on your smartphone – and what that could mean for governments.
Blatter’s decision to step down shocked the world. We asked a few academics to weigh in on what it means.
The inside story of an Interpol conference (sponsored by FIFA) on how to use education and research to tackle match fixing and corruption in soccer.
Consumers of wind power pay twice: first via their monthly electricity bill and a second time as taxpayers to finance billions of dollars in subsidies.
Welcome to The Conversation US which launched as a pilot this week. The US service is the third in The Conversation’s global network following the launch last year into the UK and the initial 2011 launch…
Foundation essay: This article is part of a series marking the launch of The Conversation in the US. Our foundation essays are longer than our usual comment and analysis articles and take a wider look…