After his state abolishes the death penalty, Governor Pete Ricketts vows to apply it to the ten inmates still on death row.

A criminal case accuses Catholic leaders of St. Paul and Minneapolis of misdemeanors in the handling of complaints about a priest who is now in prison.

Do altruistic groups always beat selfish groups? A new book says they do.

Ahead of a possibly history ruling [today], a lawyer, a philosopher and a research scientist passionately explain why animals deserve the right to bodily freedom.

Can evolution explain acts of kindness, and morality? We arranged a debate between a sceptical Tom Stoppard and the evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson. Stuart Jeffries acted as referee

The death penalty may be holding on by its last thread in Nebraska.

Silicon Valley’s amorality problem arises from the blind faith many place in progress. The narrative of progress provides moral cover to the tech industry and lulls people into thinking they no longer need to exercise moral judgment.

By John Kiriakou

Abu Zubaydah was tortured and waterboarded by the CIA—but his troubles really began when his case arrived in a D.C. courtroom.

People spent more money playing the lottery last year than on books, video games, and tickets for movies and sporting events combined.

Seen through game theory, cancer and police corruption are pretty much the same thing. And for one of them, there’s a cure. By Suzanne Sadedin

By Amanda Taub

Providing a glimpse of the Obama administration’s internal debate about a possible targeted killing of a US citizen, a Brooklyn terrorism case points to the many questions about the program that remain unanswered. By David Cole

Dolphin trainer Ashley Guidry loved her job and the animals she worked with—in particular, a dolphin calf named Chopper. But years of seeing how business was done behind the scenes...