Future U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler once warned that if Missouri didn't ban same-sex marriage in its constitution, judges would dictate "new forms of families to the citizens of our state." More than 70% of Missouri voters approved the ban in 2004. As recently...

Pollster David Herle says the campaign has finally settled into what it's all about.

France moved last week to offer free contraception to girls and women under 25, in a sign of the continent’s generally liberal approach. But divides and de facto limits remain.

Our favorite housing economist — yes, we have one of those — is Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, who publishes a steady stream of insightful and practical articles on topics like why getting a multi-year lease is a good...

In a landmark victory for Indonesian environment campaigners, a court on Thursday ordered President Joko Widodo to clean up Jakarta's notorious air pollution, ruling that the leader and other top officials had been negligent in protecting citizens. There...