Our founders would have seen this “civics deficit” as existential. How can we defend ourselves from threats abroad if we don’t understand what we love about our home? This should be a “Sputnik moment” ...

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Several months later, the U.S. sent Explorer I into space. With two small objects ...

Chaos in the U.S. stock market has infected the bond market, fueling speculation about a potentially destabilizing shock to the global financial system. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield BX ...

The threat of an asteroid hitting Earth is always there, but the danger of falling space junk is growing into a crisis.

President Donald Trump is backing down on his tariffs and putting levies on most countries on a 90-day freeze amid the global market crisis, he said Wednesday. But after announcing the astonishing ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

There isn't a personal-savings crisis; people already are responsible, working longer and claiming Social Security later; and retirees feel secure. That's according to Andrew Biggs, a senior ...

One of the reasons city leaders requested this support is to deal with the fentanyl crisis on our streets. The plan is for the National Guard to respond to these overdoses and other medical ...

A financial crisis—today or in the coming weeks—is a tangible possibility. In the event of such a catastrophe, the Federal Reserve would step in with trillions of dollars of liquidity ...

Historic settlement funds should be deployed swiftly to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder, support mental health crisis response teams and promote other treatment-based solutions.

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Owning a home is often viewed as part of the American dream, but insurance challenges have created a nightmare for many Californians. Over the past several years ...

Comfort dog Rye is joining the Crisis Intervention Response Team, meaning he won't be on the street tackling crime; instead, he'll be helping individuals in crisis. Rye's job is to help deescalate ...