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Axon, formerly Taser, has created a new ethics board to consider using artificial intelligence and facial recognition in local policing.

Scholar Stephen Greenblatt says Shakespeare wrote his histories as a commentary on the era he lived in — and those plays still have important things to say about our current political climate.

Illinois is taking the unusual step of imposing a state monitor on Chicago's special education program, after a WBEZ investigation found the state systematically delayed and denied services to needy students.

Behrouz Boochani has lived in detention on Manus for five years. He tells NPR about the book he wrote using WhatsApp that tells the story of his failed attempt to flee Iran for asylum in Australia.

Scientists and leadership trainers says it's nearly impossible to train people out of their biases, but organizations can develop ways of mitigating the effects of it. Often, it involves teamwork.

Angela Merkel was dubbed Germany's "climate chancellor" for ditching nuclear power. But centuries-old villages are being bulldozed to make way for open-pit brown coal mines.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was swept up in early November with more than 200 other Saudi businessmen and princes in a massive anti-corruption campaign spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Ten years after a housing collapse during the Great Recession, home values have rebounded but there are too few homes on the market. Buyers face intense competition, and that means higher prices.

The titans of Silicon Valley have a grand vision of the future. But they have a tendency to miss the downside of their inventions — think cybercrime and online harassment.

Defying an election boycott, opposition candidate Henri Falcón wants to repair ties with Washington and dollarize the economy.