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Homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to risk another flood rather than move to a more diverse neighborhood on safer ground.

For many Americans, a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is beyond their reach.

Recent efforts by the Detroit school district are helping to identify more of its homeless students, but researchers say there’s still an undercount.

Two disaster response experts mapped who gets FEMA buyouts and where they go. It turns out, they don’t go far.

Scientists have warned that an extreme marine heat wave off the UK and Ireland coasts is posing a major threat to marine species.

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Drought in Europe, dwindling Arctic sea ice, a slow start to the Indian monsoon – unusually hot ocean temperatures can disrupt climate patterns around the world, as an ocean scientist explains.

When it comes to reducing flood risk, FEMA’s home buyout program is working. It may also be fueling segregation.

A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.

What if government, the philanthropic sector, and community advocates could pull a policy lever and advance housing, climate, and racial justice all at once? That could happen when the Department…

Changing workplace culture and the way jobs are designed can stave off depression, anxiety and burnout.

What can men do? This question was asked countless times in the days following the suspected abduction and murder of Sarah Everard, who disappeared while walking home in London. As women…