Thousands of charging stations flank the roadway, which stretches from British Columbia to Mexico. Now, the alternative fuel corridor needs to grow.
Debates over confining migrant parents and children stir activism in a new generation of Japanese Americans.
A range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs, from health care to food access, that are going unmet by local government agencies.
The Himalayan blackberry was introduced to North America as a food crop. Like a Gremlin doused with water, it escaped its confinement and became almost impossible to eradicate.
A local theater group tackles stigma and prompts conversations in a state where abortion is steadily under attack.
We must look at the roots of capitalism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and anti-Blackness to leave settler colonialism in the past.
What I went through to find a place to live in the fifth most expensive city for renting.
One way that whites protect their positions when challenged on race is to invoke the discourse of self-defense.
The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
College students wondered, “Why build a new power plant when we could just ask people to cut down on their AC use instead?”
We’ve been here before.
Hiking is a near-perfect combination of elements known to relax us, raise our alertness, elevate our self-esteem, and physically prepare us for true rest afterward.
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Two generations later, more women are postponing marriage, graduating college, and entering the paid labor force.
Three decades ago, one nurse came up with a radical idea: Give homeless folks suffering from addiction and mental illness a safe place to be themselves.
Kate Manne’s “Down Girl” describes the origins of a punitive social system that keeps women in their place by rewarding compliance and punishing resistance.
If elected to Congress, they would counter conservative decisions from the court with progressive lawmaking.
In the polluted Watts neighborhood, residents’ average lifespan is 12 years less than people from affluent areas.
The group leaving from New York will onboard other “grannies” and allies along the way to support migrating families.
Youth activists ages 11 to 18 return home to educate their communities about how to curb the crisis.
The real conflict of interest—and the lasting damage—was Pruitt’s choice to put fossil fuel interests over the planet’s life support system.
In June, Maine used ranked-choice voting, which opens up the system to third parties and independents.
The South is a proven testing ground for regressive policies and practices that often make their way to the rest of the U.S.
We need wild salmon—and not just because they’re tasty. They are an indicator of ecosystem health.
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