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The US and Russia have not gone back to the Cold War yet. But, after years of fighting in the Middle East, America's military establishment is gearing up to counter a greater threat to American security: "hybrid warfare" used by Vladimir Putin in Eastern Ukraine.

Even for officers who haven't been caught on camera, cell-phone videos have made it harder to be a police officer in the United States. We hear what intensified scrutiny means to the cop on the beat. Will it lead to reform, including accountability?

It's too early to call it a crisis, but it may be just a matter of time before an unmanned drone collides with a commercial airliner. Already, drones have interfered with aerial firefighters and injured people on city streets. Drone technology has many benefits, and it's growing fast. Is it time for regulation before it gets out of control?   

The 17 Republican candidates for president are almost unanimous when it comes to foreign affairs. Almost all are getting their ideas from one group of advisors, called the John Hay Initiative.

Public school districts that handed out pink slips during the Great Recession are now struggling with a shortage of classroom teachers—despite the Recovery. The number of college students enrolled to be trained for teaching dropped by 30% between 2010 and 2014. What’s in store for what’s often called America’s most important profession?

College students around the country are demanding protection from words, ideas and unintentional actions that can marginalize and discriminate.  Critics warn of a threat to critical thinking—the purpose and the benefit of higher education.

Donald Trump is getting the headlines and Bernie Sanders is drawing the crowds in the Republican and Democratic nomination campaigns. They may be political “outsiders” in different ways, but their populist messages are shaping the dialogue so far for the Democrats as well as the GOP. Will the fire burn out before voters go to the polls?

From Chinese factories to America's white-collar middle class, robots may soon be replacing more and more people. We look at what the future might hold as machines get smarter than we are.

After a year of high-profile killings, the time is ripe for police reform, and departments around the country are in search of a model. We hear about racial profiling, "broken windows" and "community policing." 

Greece, France, Italy and Germany are all trying to accommodate an increased flow of refugees fro Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and other countries. We focus on England as a microcosm of the migration crisis facing the European Union.