Thousands of ‘juvenile lifers’ place their hope in Supreme Court
The court ruled that imprisoning teens for life is cruel and unusual. The question now is whether that should apply retroactively.

The court ruled that imprisoning teens for life is cruel and unusual. The question now is whether that should apply retroactively.
Angus Deaton of Scotland has won the Nobel Prize in economics. We look at his work and its real-world impact.
An early childhood language immersion school is one way native tribes are trying to save the Anishinaabemowin language.
History professor David Perry discusses the explorer’s true legacy and how to explain the holiday to kids.
The computer maker is set to buy the data storage company for $67 billion as the market for personal computers has been changing rapidly.
The city’s long history of police using force on black citizens has made it difficult to recruit African-American police officers.
The automaker is mired in an emissions cheating scandal that affects half a million cars in the U.S. and 11 million around the world.
It sounds like a storyline out of Hollywood, but it happened on a prison stage in front of national college debate judges.
Patrick Kennedy, the son of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, has broken what he calls a “conspiracy of silence.” It’s not an uncommon story.