The "normalization of deviance" is a gradual process where unacceptable practices become standard because they are repeated without immediate catastrophic consequences, driven by human rationalization ...

Seoul is circulating the idea of normalizing Washington-Pyongyang ties even before North Korea takes a potential step toward denuclearization, but experts said the notion is likely to be rejected by ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. When Donald Trump won the presidency, our vocabularies didn’t bulge to accommodate the reality that ...

Abroad, India’s RSS Speaks of ‘Love.’ At Home, Its Affiliates Attack Christians. Every visit by a U.S. official to China, without uttering a word about the Uyghurs, contributes to the alarming ...

Trump says we might normalize relations with Syria: Last year, Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed. Now, President Donald Trump is in the Middle East, exploring normalizing relations with the new ...