It’s hard to write about American politics without writing about Congress’s weakness as an institution. What should be the engine of American democracy at the federal level is a sputtering mess, ...

In downtown Washington, D.C., in a gleaming new WeWork building that’s still mostly uninhabited, one office suite is occupied by a nonprofit called Acronym, a left-leaning digital consultancy whose ...

The act of politically grouping all non-heterosexual and non-cisgender people into the acronym LGBT is an act of exclusion. The acronym has expanded to LGBTQ or even LGBTQIA, in an attempt to be as ...

The acronym, which stands for black, Indigenous and people of color, is suddenly everywhere. Is it doing its job? By Sandra E. Garcia Black Americans have been called by many names in the United ...

As humans, we label everything. We have this pesky need to categorize ourselves and others — it helps us make sense of the world and our place in it. We use labels to denote our place in our families, ...

For several years, a rumor has attempted to convince people there’s a deeper meaning behind the word hospital. “How old were you when you found out that HOSPITAL stands for 'house of sick people ...

This is an ancient marble copy of a shield called the clipeus virtutis awarded to Augustus in 27 BCE and hung in the Senate House in Rome. The central inscription notes its award by the “Senatus / ...

In case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Corporate acronym that often refers to 5 p.m., we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic opportunity to engage your mind, ...

Slack, the workplace productivity chat tool that lets you quietly discuss the merits of strawberry / frosted vs. brown-sugar / unfrosted PopTarts with a colleague for up to six hours at a time without ...

Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. Jiwon Ma is a ...