Christian Science Monitor

Elizabethan poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe set the stage for Shakespeare and others, according to Stephen Greenblatt in “Dark Renaissance.”

Voluntary deportations in the U.S. are on the rise, in part to escape stepped-up law enforcement, but sometimes to honor the law.

The Trump administration has cut the State Department workforce seeking efficiency, but might also be weakening Washington’s foreign expertise.

U.S. 12th graders’ reading and math scores fell to their lowest levels on record in 2024, according to the test dubbed “the nation’s report card.”

KSUT, a radio station serving a remote community in Colorado, exemplifies the new challenges many rural public broadcast stations face and what that means for listeners who depend on them.

I went to Seville, Spain, to break out of my mundane routine. My experience taught me to step out of my head and into the moment.

In “Nobody Can Give You Freedom,” Kehinde Andrews analyzes Malcolm X’s speeches and lays out his political theories.

Police say no one raised alarms before a shooter opened fire on a Minnesota church. The state’s red flag law could have been used to prevent the attack.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took heated questions on vaccines from members of both parties in a Senate hearing, but many in the public also share his distrust of health agencies.

Americans – especially young adults – are seeking more in-person connection. Board game clubs are all the rage. To create community bonds, more are turning to team sports from softball to kickball.