"Stand your ground" laws typically expand the historic reach of the “castle doctrine,” the right in English common law to defending one’s own property.

Elizabeth Strout’s new short story collection offers an array of poignant case studies portraying this legacy of trauma.

A new introduction could plant seeds in children that will perhaps flower later in life.

If Seamus Heaney “digs” with his pen, Alexie sews with his.

Paley knew by instinct what science now confirms: the role reading plays in developing empathy for the other.

As social observers, generally from opposite ends of the political spectrum, both men were keenly aware of England’s long-held class divisions.