Nearly half the users of Detroit’s water and sewer systems are behind on payments, and the city is warning that it will cut off the taps. Meanwhile, the city is looking to privatize the struggling department to clear away some debt.

A new law in North Korea commands men to be good socialists—by getting the same haircut as Kim Jong-un.

Most U.S. states don’t provide the information consumers need to make better choices, says a new study. The health care market desperately needs price transparency, but it’s proving hard to do.

President Nicolas Maduro has nowhere near the charisma of his predecessor when it comes to foisting off Venezuela’s troubles on American-led conspiracies.

Until we figure out what the mother country is doing right, let’s encourage young Americans to innovate and find new services to offer.

Coursera’s hiring of Yale’s former president as its new CEO tells us that at least a few members of the academic elite are betting on the rise of the MOOCs.

Today would have been the hundredth birthday of Norman Borlaug, the “man who saved a billion lives.”

Graduate students are a fraction of all borrowers, but hold more outstanding student debt than undergrads. Both colleges and federal policy are to blame.

China’s face mask industry grows rich as its air quality declines. But many of the masks are next to useless, says a consumer watchdog group. China must find other ways to save its citizens from the smog.

Sea level rise, like the warming of our planet’s surface temperatures, has slowed over the past decade, defying climate model predictions. Now, scientists say they think they know why: more rain is falling over land.