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While the well-to-do did even better than before, average income for Americans on the bottom half of the scale actually shrank under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

From handwashing to laundromats, people in different parts of the world gather together to do laundry. Enter those spaces in 360 video.

In “Ghosts of the Tsunami,” Richard Lloyd Parry probes the emotional effects of the catastrophe that killed thousands of men, women and children.

Amadeo García García is the last man to speak his language. When he goes, an entire culture will disappear. We went to find him.

Former President Alberto Fujimori was not eligible for such treatment because of the nature of his crimes, legal experts in Peru said.

The bones in the legendary maw of the largemouth bass function according to a well-known engineering model, scientists have found.

The pursuit of the predator in settings like strip malls, residential streets and parks is igniting a debate over the benefits and dangers of urban hunting.

What to do without that home button.

India is “sitting on a volcano” of diabetes. A father’s effort to ban junk food sales in and near schools aims to change what children eat.

Oaxaca has become popular during the holiday season when the temperate weather, the food and the festive spirit attract travelers from near and far.

With a replacement bridge spanning the Hudson River almost complete, the old crossing has to be taken apart piece by piece.

Under President Xi Jinping, determined activists like Wu Gan, who once survived at the edges of official tolerance, have come under concerted attack.

The Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan has survived intense pressure from American airstrikes and raids by United States and Afghan forces.

From women’s marches around the world to a tsunami of sexual misconduct scandals, here are the biggest stories involving women’s and gender issues from 2017.

With sexual harassment rocking the business world and C.E.O.s speaking out, business schools are ripping new case studies straight from the headlines.

The bloc for the first time invoked a rule that could strip Poland of its voting rights after the president signed measures that critics say threaten the rule of law.

Cherry, a Canadian TV staple for decades, was at risk of becoming a dinosaur, droning on about fighting as the N.H.L. turned toward more skill and speed.

The wall we have built between religion and reason is more porous than it seems.

My son is a black teenager, so he could easily end up in the dubious database of supposed gang members.

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