Mexico is the second most dangerous country for women in Latin America. Yet the new government is slashing funding for programs…
Western states adopted a 7-year plan in May 2019 to manage low water levels in the Colorado River. Now they need to look…
Flint's highest recorded lead levels were typical for water systems that report problems. What's more, a number…
A study found that grocery shoppers who could change their orders were more likely to swap produce for junk food than the…
While there's still a great deal that is unknown about sex trafficking, research studies and nonprofits have been able…
NASA has made significant steps in making explicit appeals to women to support space exploration, but it might not be doing…
Finding out more about how the brain works could help programmers translate thinking from the wet and squishy world of biology…
Studios are starting to realize that diverse casts and diverse stories have a massive earning potential.
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Trump has expanded and escalated the most punitive policies he inherited from his predecessors.
As climate change alters temperature and rainfall patterns, yields of some crops are increasing while others decline. The…
Doctor depression, burnout and suicide have been rising for some time, and overwork was considered the norm. A health care…
President Trump has unilaterally raised tariffs and sparked trade wars, all without consulting Congress. A century ago,…
Recent deaths of tourists in the Dominican Republic have brought attention to the troubling, and sometimes deadly, issue…
New York City's municipal budget relies heavily on the property taxes of extremely high-value real estate. That drives…
Protests in Hong Kong over a proposed extradition law are the largest in the territory's history. But not all of the…
Children can be especially vulnerable to being wrongly subjected to immigration enforcement actions.
The technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to the Moon.