January 20, 2015

While Davos has long hosted controversial conversations, the issue of gay rights had seemed off limits at the World Economic Forum. This year, it’s on the official agenda.

Beijing, which reported growth of 7.4 percent for 2014, below its target of 7.5 percent, is trying to reduce its dependence on credit-fueled investment and government spending.

In the past 50 years, meat has gotten less fatty and easier to chew — thanks in part to the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center. But the achievement has come at a steep cost to the lab’s animals.

For decades, national sororities have banned alcohol, but amid debate over how to address sexual assaults, many of them at fraternity parties, female students are questioning that policy.

Camille Cosby, Bill Cosby’s wife of nearly 51 years, has spoken out for decades against images of African-Americans as seen on television and in other media.