Op-Ed

Adding Lyme disease to his platform did not lead to a win for Romney, but it could be a game changer for candidates.

When media cover the issue of sexual violence, they often reinforce rape myths, minimizing survivors' experiences of violence.

Earthquakes are unavoidable. Human rights tragedies are not.

“I believe what we are missing as a society is a true appreciation of grief.”

Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners.

The Uruguayan journalist and historian authored more than 40 books, but his legacy will live on in our cultural imagination.

The 1861 act is an archaic, badly flawed piece of legislation, which is ripe for reform.

The national security state and the military seem to have created an un-intelligence system.

Social democracy simply means a system that leaves room for small enterprises but also recognizes that we're all part of a larger community.

The government didn't get a chance to see whether a new calorie-cutting additive in Mug Root Beer is safe.