A new study reveals that mindfulness practices may significantly reduce depression symptoms, particularly in people who have experienced early-life adversity, such as childhood abuse and neglect.

In 2009, the federal government launched a remarkable educational experiment. Effective teachers were paid large bonuses ($30,000, adjusted for inflation, over two years) to move into a low-performing, high-poverty school.

A Coventry couple had to cancel their flight to Colombia to finalize their child's adoption. The same thing happened to another couple in Wisconsin. An Ohio couple's Haiti adoption is on ice, and so is that of another couple in South Carolina.

In the evolving landscape of authoritarian control, PSTC affiliate Han Zhang has introduced a compelling new framework for understanding how digital technology preserves regime stability.

The Oregon Legislature’s short session begins Monday, and education advocates are urging lawmakers to dig into the state’s high rate of high school absenteeism.

In the days since U.S. forces extracted Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela to face justice, much of the debate in Washington has focused on whether what was done was a good idea, or even legitimate. Unsurprisingly, that debate has split almost perfectly along party lines.

A new study suggests that the political environment in which a person grows up may influence their brain health decades later.