Democracy

As climate change increasingly impacts our daily lives, the conversation about the sources for our energy consumption is taking center stage. Further complicated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, so-called “natural…

When Terry Taplin was a local college student in Berkeley, California, he and his partner were forced to move out of the city to find an affordable place to live. They packed their bags…

How easily can you vote? That depends on many things, including whether you live in a rural or urban area. “Researchers from the Population …

Demand for cheap beef, cocoa, and soy drives illegal deforestation around the world. The EU and the U.S. are looking to change that.

Spiking US insurance costs threaten the use of controlled fire, a crucial tool in reducing risks from climate-fueled wildfires.

For the Voices of Truth campaign, FHI 360, Jefferson County Memorial Project and Kids in Birmingham 1963 worked with Blank Space Bham to create a mural about racial justice.

How the logic of carbon neutrality got “lit on fire” by big polluters.

In the months since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v.Jackson Women’s Health Clinic, more and more women have safely ended their pregnancies at home, witho……

Nearly a quarter of the activists murdered were Indigenous.

The superintendent of a Virginia school district this week proposed getting rid of school libraries altogether.

As citizens across Pennsylvania face economic struggles and inequitable public policies, Pennsylvania Stands Up is investing in people and developing them into powerful leaders. Carrie Santoro, executive director of Pennsylvania…

America’s homeless response system has been called “the emergency room of society,” conjuring images of a space where the focus is on urgent intervention—finding shelter or managing encampments—rather than trying…