Eleanor Stanford

In the last couple of years, both liberal and conservative voices have slammed Obama for his immigration policy as he has struggled to manage the political and social impact of the United States' 12 million immigrants. But not all nations consider…

Going to college these days in the U.S. is the most expensive it's ever been and yet the cost of not going is also higher than ever — Pew found college graduated millennials earn, on average, $17,500 more annually than their contemporaries with less…

In the last week, 1,700 people died in Syria, making it the deadliest seven days since the conflict started three years ago. Of those casualties, 700 died in two days. Experts say this week marks a shift in the pattern of fighting, as opposition…

If you want proof that patriarchy damages men as well as women, look no further than the way we view paternity leave. The division of responsibility in caring for newborns is crucial in determining the balance of child care for years to come. And…

In the 1960s, Mumbai was a very different place. India gained independence from Britain in 1947 and bloody protests followed over where to draw the borders of Bombay State. In 1960 the State was split along linguistic lines and Mumbai — then called…

You've conquered the morning at your desk. You've bought your lunch, and you've consumed it. All the blood is rushing to your stomach. Your eyelids are drooping as you contemplate the long afternoon stretch ahead. This is the moment when every…

Most of us are lucky enough to take Internet access for granted. Sure, you'll make sure the cafe you're heading to has WiFi and remember to pay the bill on time, but it is easy to forget that convenient and fast access to the Internet is a…

We like to think we know the French. More than any other European country, their national stereotype has been honed over years of bad accents in movies and Pepé Le Pew.  But America has shown it doesn't really get what makes the French tick. A few…

Even though half of U.S. economic growth came from technological innovation during the past 50 years, it looks like that is rapidly changing, as the land of the free falls behind its international counterparts when it comes to math and…

Summer in the city can be tough. All that sun bouncing off concrete and back at your eyeballs. Dubious smells you never noticed a few months ago are now assaulting your nostrils. You now have to hunt down a spot of grass in a park full of people…

It's a bad time to be living in the United States if you're the owner of a uterus, since the government continues to allow lawmakers to tell women what they can and cannot do with their bodies. At the end of last month, the Supreme Court voted to…

A small town in Belgium you've probably never heard of could hold the solution to America's problem with mass public shootings. Shootings in malls, cinemas and most horribly and regularly in schools. Mentally ill men — and it is almost always men —…

While the early hours of January 1 saw champagne corks and fireworks all over the world, the New Year meant judgment day for much of the U.K.'s right-wing media.  For months prior, the chorus of conservative voices had been promising that the start…