Increasing racial and ethnic diversity has long been apparent at the national level and in our nation's largest metropolitan gateways.

Shanghai folk like five-star accommodation while those from Guangdong prefereconomyHong Kong, Beijing and Hainan province's Sanya remain the most popular tourist destinations ...

Adrienne Pine didn't want student journalists at American University to write an article about how she had breast-fed her sick infant on the first day of classes this semester.

Girls throw a ball worse than boys. This is true across cultures, across centuries. Why? And how can girls learn to do better?

In the stern, self-regulating world of the Amish, those who act out time and again by wearing the wrong clothing, going to movies or otherwise flouting the church's doctrine can find

Two months before Shundra Jackson was due to graduate from the University of Georgia in 2008, she received a letter at her campus job warning that her wages were about to be garnished if her credit card bills remained unpaid.

While the Western press often targets religious groups for their roles in handling the African AIDS crisis, these groups tend to play positive -- and critical -- roles in fighting the epidemic, according to sociologists.

Invoking Pakistan's blasphemy laws is often a cover for victimisation and murder. But this may be changing, thanks to 14-year-old Rimsha Masih.

There has never a shortage of creative ways to protest in India, the world's largest democracy.

Cochlear implants — electronic devices surgically implanted in the ear to help provide a sense of sound ...