Transportation Security Administration officials played down concerns the government shutdown poses a threat to safety at major airports but warned that the second half of next week could be crucial if workers don’t get paid.…

Dr. Kim, second from left, didn’t have a typical background for a World Bank president. (Official White House photo: Sonya N. Herbert) Jim Yong Kim has an unorthodox background for a World Bank president —…

Andrew Yang supports a universal basic income (a “Freedom Dividend”), the use of “social credits,” and a White House psychologist. (Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Collision) In the American Dream sweepstakes, Andrew Yang was a pretty big winner.…

(Clair Brown wrote this blog with Simon Greenhill, a senior economics major at UC Berkeley who is writing a thesis on global poverty and the refugee crises. The commentary first appeared in Psychology Today on March 26.)…

You know their names: Emma Gonzalez (age 18); David Hogg (age 18); Naomi Wadler (age 11); Yolanda Renee King (age 9). These young people, and many more, stand at podiums to eloquently, outspokenly and loudly…

We hosted our third Agrifood Supply Chain Conference on April 18 and 19 together with Solidaridad and other wonderful sponsors. The conference was hosted at the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) building in Berkeley, which houses…

DST can coordinate societal shifts to better use of daylight…but at a cost. You would think most states have more pressing issues to confront these days, but legislation on the measurement of time is one…

I have always wanted to visit Ireland but had never found a reason to go. So, I was excited when Dr. Mary Ryan, from the Agriculture and Food Authority in Ireland, invited me to give…