A legal historian and constitutional law scholar discusses the role of executive power in addressing the coronavirus crisis.

"The irony is that by fighting against certain environmental regulations, these folks may be damaging their own earning capacity."

In states with gun licensing laws that require an in-person application and giving fingerprints, there are fewer fatal mass shootings.

A new app called IoT Assistant can tell you when your data's being collected in public places. Try it out on your own phone.

Increasing minimum wage may not boost health across the board, researchers report. Instead, wage increases may affect groups of working people differently.

A new handheld spectrometer can quickly determine whether plants are hemp or marijuana. It's a subtle distinction with legal consequences.

Some undocumented immigrants fear that holding a legal status would make more vulnerable to deportation. "You have to live cautiously," a woman named Marina says.

More places are restricting or banning plastic bags at the store. A professor of economics and public policy says taxes better push people to reusable.

An expert explains how housing laws that allow (or even require) landlords to evict tenants who've had run ins with the justice system are racially biased.

"What makes for an endangered species classification isn't always obvious," says John A. Vucetich. He's the coauthor of new research on where Americans would draw the line.