This November, U.S. News updated its 2024 Best Elementary and Middle School rankings, including 45,236 elementary schools and separately 22,053 middle schools. The public school rankings are ...

Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them. July 13, 2026 • The move comes after the U.S. and Iran ...

A look at Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani’s enduring legacy of solidarity and support for the Palestinian people.

Research on the Middle East and North Africa region focuses on changes to politics and society, economics, and security issues. Image — Painted stairs in Tehran, Iran symbolizing hope. Photo by ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

In lean times they can help you thrive—if you reimagine their roles. by Emily Field, Bryan Hancock and Bill Schaninger In recent months, amid signs that the economy might be softening, many companies ...

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion, resistance ...

Tackling the Learning Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean Middle Income Countries (MICs) are diverse in size, population, and income. For fiscal year 2026, based on the World Bank Atlas method ...

Thanks to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, edited by David Eltis and David Richardson, we know that about 388,000 Africans were transported directly to the United States over the course of the ...