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Donald Trump's rise has challenged decades of conventional political wisdom. And that makes teaching political science particularly difficult right now.

Tressie McMillan Cottom worked in enrollment at two for-profit colleges, but quit because she felt uncomfortable selling students an education they couldn't afford. Her new book is Lower Ed.

Raising the cost of alcohol with taxes makes it less likely that teenagers will die in a drunk-driving accident, a study finds. Some teen-specific policies like graduated drivers licenses help, too.

In this study, thousands of people in some Kenyan villages get a monthly payment. But others in a comparison group get nothing.

Israel says it is suspending tens of thousands of movement permits for Palestinians a day after four Israelis died in a mass shooting at a Tel Aviv food and retail center.

Brexit has made many black people question their place in British society, and the snap election may yet heighten their anxiety.

Experts call it "affiliative kinships" and the "opposite of othering;" whatever you call it, when race comes up in presidential race, the candidates feel the need to establish their racial cred.

Julianna Barnes, the current vice president of student services at San Diego Mesa College, was selected to lead Cuyamaca College.

The biological effects of lifelong exposure to racism or other sorts of discrimination can be complicated, scientists say, but likely tap into the same mechanisms as other types of chronic stress.

Barbara Bry represents La Jolla, Carmel Valley, University City and other northern San Diego neighborhoods. She plans to focus on addressing homelessness, building more housing and boosting public safety.