Tuesday's midterm elections—usually a referendum on the sitting president and his party—offered surprisingly mixed results, leaving many experts looking for an explanation. Though Democrats are ...

The classic theory, Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, is supposed to help us to understand human motivation. Maslow grounds his pyramid with physiological needs such as food, shelter and sleep, ...

A native New Yorker, Maslow valued his early experiences in city life. Urban historian Lewis Mumford was a key influence on ...