A litmus test is an idiom for a challenge. But why? In a 2024 New York Times piece exploring the controversy over married couples in Japan using separate surnames, the Times headline read: "A Litmus ...

ROME – As the world’s most exclusive club prepares to elect the new pope, they face an immediate test of just how seriously they will take the issue of clerical sexual abuse in the case of a Peruvian ...

The road that leads to Kentucky Derby 152 is full of twists and turns. The ability to navigate the highway that ends at the starting gates on the first Saturday in May is a multi-part test. These ...