The political artist from Pittsburgh speaks about the importance of the Internet and social media in making the voices of low-income people of color heard.

Rick Williams asked for calm when protesters demanded justice for his brother, who was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer. But he realizes that "the only way you can help change the system is show them you are a human being."

Forget potato clocks. This promising new technology derives substantial amounts of electricity from living plants.

It's the weekend! Plan your happy hour with our interactive map of forward-thinking breweries.

At feminist hackerspaces, members are less interested in digital trespassing than in developing a safe community for experimenting, creating, and collaborating.

A singing flash mob honors the passing of Nelson Mandela, who helped establish South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation process after apartheid.

“We all just left class. As soon as 11:00 came, we stood up and walked out of class. Together as one.”

So the national elections didn’t go so well. But across the country—from California to North Dakota—citizens made decisions that will give you reason to hope.

At this pay-it-forward restaurant, everyone's meal is paid for by previous guests—out of generosity. Karma Kitchen's founder on how kindness became contagious

If your language was on the brink of extinction, what would you do? The last speaker of Wukchumni created a makeshift dictionary out of scraps of paper.

See how Heyday Farm raises healthy animals in an environmentally and economically sustainable way.