News Analysis

Scientific American published an investigative report documenting a new and curious form of scholarly publication fraud.

Social media both speeds up the coverage of a story such as this and risks magnifying inaccuracies.

Teachers faced an unprecedented level of scrutiny in 2014.

As a virulent strain of austerity capitalism takes over Europe, leaving shattered lives in its shadow, these researchers consider how things got so bad.

Supporters of a single-payer, Medicare-for-all health care system in the US were puzzled September 27 when Swiss voters rejected a reform proposal by 62 percent.

Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance, and the efforts of government regulators have all shocked the energy industry.

The right is blaming environmentalists and Russia for the demise of the US fracking boom. But Wall Street inflated this gas bubble.

The condition of the Greek banks was not the issue. The gun being held to the banks' heads was the threat that the central bank's critical credit line could …

President Obama's alliance aims to degrade and destroy the Islamic State, but US allies are acting in their own self-interests.

A simmering water war is about to come to a boil over the fate of historic, well-loved public reservoirs in Portland, Oregon.