The most telling part of Wednesday’s Senate hearing about guns came at the start, in an exchange between Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy and Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association.

About 86 million American adults own at least one of the estimated 400 million firearms in the U.S. today. Paul Campbell, iStock / Getty Images Plus An Asian American and lifelong liberal from the San ...

The shootings at the elementary schools in Newtown, Connecticut, and Uvalde, Texas, have outsized purchase in the minds of Americans and Texans—and for good reason. The victims were mostly little kids ...

The Republican National Convention is estimated to attract about 50,000 people to Milwaukee. The tens of thousands in attendance will include delegates, law enforcement, out-of-state visitors and ...

In an 8–1 ruling, the Supreme Court decided today in United States v. Rahimi that an individual “who has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another” can be ...

Ten-year-old Keontre “Tre” Thornhill loved action movies and was preparing to spend the summer doing lawn care services with his stepfather. James R. Carter, 84, owned the Triple C Convenience store ...

The spooky season is upon us... And if you're looking to glam up your look—or turn heads at an upscale Halloween event—we know just the place to go! Sparkly Gowns in the Pearl District has teamed up ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Yamane, Wake Forest University (THE CONVERSATION) An Asian American and lifelong ...