Rights for many intelligent animals could hinge on a one-word edit in a law dictionary.
Our food system is built on stolen land and exploited labor. Here’s what we can do to fix it.
Because 6 percent of U.S. workers checked their work email when they or their spouse were in labor.
We must protect the parks, pathways, and gardens that connect us to each other and to the ecosystems of our home.
Watch this movie to get inspired about saving seeds. And then do it.
Single people are redefining the meaning of home, family, and community for the 21st century.
Critics of nonviolence say that option is the prerogative of the privileged. But actually it’s the other way around.
France (and many of the world’s governments) has figured out that the only way to secure democracy is to require an electoral majority.
This weekend’s march is a start. A climate scientist urges us to follow through in our personal lives as well as in our community.
Climate scientists are learning how to choose their words carefully in response to inaccurate but emotive imagery.
Put them on posters.
AARP has awarded the Association of Young Americans a $35,000 grant—and both organizations say it’s just the beginning of their relationship.
Has Trump served us all in breaking things open? Only if we use the moment for serious rethinking of policy.
Robert Reich: Do Not Pretend Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Inconsistent, Arbitrary, or Without Principle
The first principle of the Trump Doctrine: People from Muslim countries may enter the U.S. if their country contains a building with Trump’s name on it.
Last week, hundreds of young people from around the country traveled to Washington, D.C. to stand up for their families and demonstrate against Trump’s immigrant policies.
Have you noticed how nature gives its own subtle forecast clues?
This week, Georgia heads to the polls. Last week, the GOP in Kansas barely earned a win.
Conventional farming practices that degrade soil health undermine humanity’s ability to continue feeding everyone over the long run.
Three places showing how to make the transition from domination and resource extraction to regeneration and interdependence.
One researcher reports that local farmers believed the bomb was nuclear and that they’d been exposed to radiation.
The first-in-the-nation scholarship program would serve about 1.5 million full-time students. But there are downsides.
It is so common for self-employed people to have ADHD, the disorder could be renamed “the entrepreneur’s trait.”
Cities with vibrant arts, music, and social scenes are being hit hard by gentrification. But Berlin’s “co-housing culture” shows that a city’s future doesn’t have to go that way.
After the construction phase of the Keystone XL, only 35 employees would be needed to operate the pipeline.
A recent study predicts that in the next five years, more than one-third of Americans will not be able to afford their water.
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