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

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize this year, a powerful symbol of the country’s democratic struggle.

It’s a sunny spring morning as Nakai Clearwater Northup stands amid white pine trees, near a river, surveying the land. Looking at his Narragansett homelands in southern Rhode Island, he says hunting and fishing here are plentiful.

A major research project taking place in the Mangochi District of Southern Malawi is shedding light on the challenging tightrope ultra-poor mothers walk between earning a living and raising healthy children.

New research on fluoride in U.S. drinking water challenges long-standing safety concerns and suggests that recommended levels may support stronger cognition in teenagers

The longstanding public health practice of adding fluoride to community drinking water is facing heavy scrutiny in the United States over questions about whether the benefits outweigh the potential risks. But new research challenges recent claims about the risks of fluoride in drinking water — and instead suggests that it may have additional positive effects.

Implementation continues to complicate even well-studied interventions

New England has a long and hidden history of enslaving people who were Black, but Native American enslavement was “the most dominant form of slavery, probably, throughout most of the 17th century,” Fisher says.

A new study of existing research has concluded there is no clear link between Tylenol use during pregnancy and the risk of a baby developing autism or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

In China’s social media universe, celebrities are often assumed to set the tone for millions of adoring followers. But a new study led by the University of Michigan shows the dynamic works the other way around.

High-impact tutoring may deserve the hype, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is dividing education advocates with his calls to axe a gifted program in schools.

Many parents believe their children are getting plenty of sleep—but new research from Brown University suggests that notion may be far from the truth.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on American society were complex. How the pandemic impacted racial and ethnic relations, and how differently its impact was felt by people of different races/ethnicities, of different socioeconomic classes, and in different “media silos,” are much-discussed topics.

On Wednesday, September 24, the PSTC community gathered to commemorate the beginning of a new academic year.

The Trump administration just made it $100,000 harder to bring talent into the United States. From now on, employers must pay a one-time $100,000 surcharge when they file an H-1B petition—the visa program companies use to hire skilled foreign workers.

Brown's MSDA program finds a new home!

The study of fiscal policies in 48 states going back to 1990 left its lead author feeling “surprised and depressed.”

With the right policies in place, Venezuelan migrants could help the Noboa administration revitalize the economy, two experts write.

Sociologist Susan Short gave a keynote address at the International Forum on Beijing +30: Gender Equality in Great Demographic Shifts. This UN event commemorated the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

For many displaced by Hurricane Katrina, distance did not diminish their bond with the city they left behind, even as they built new lives.

A New Orleans native and hurricane survivor shares why he stayed in Georgia.

Twenty years after hurricane Katrina, this big question remains. What happened to the million people who fled? Most never returned. And their journey reshaped the south.

The United States is facing a dual crisis in declining educational outcomes and escalating climate impacts.