NCAA basketball has come a long way academically over the past eight years. In 2005, 16 of the teams in the March Madness Tournament had graduation rates of 25 percent or smaller. Since then, the NCAA...

Gov. Gary Herbert recently signed a bill that requires the Utah Department of Health to prepare and compile a report on abortion statistics. The mandatory report must include statistics such as the number...

The new National Security Administration (NSA) facility in Utah, the largest and most sophisticated (and perhaps malicious) spy hub in the world, is equipped to process multiple zettabytes ready to store...

This past week, City Creek Center celebrated its one-year anniversary. The Salt Lake Tribune reported in its first year, City Creek had “16.2 million visits to its 109 stores and restaurants.” It...

We all know the look — that strained, almost sympathetic face people make when you tell them you live in Utah. As they struggle to limit their expressions to one of indifference, you prepare your answers...

I was told by a man this week, “The women’s rights movement is dated. It’s not the 1940s.” He was right about one thing: it’s not the 1940s — it’s 2013, and ending injustice toward women...

If the Supreme Court rules the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, the LGBT community will undoubtedly have gained a valuable victory. However, such a ruling will not be a moral victory and...

Esau Walton was not surgically sterilized in 1929 because he had already been institutionally sterilized at the Utah State Prison. Utah — along with 32 other white-male-dominated states — participated...

GRANADA ADVENTURE Chronicle copy editor Niki Harris juxtaposes American and European life as she studies abroad One of the things I was most excited about when I went to Europe was the opportunity to travel....

In the past year, there have been noticeable increases in careless or distracted drivers on the roads. Many drivers are distracted by their technological devices or other adults and children in the car....