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New research has found that citizens who are most prone to anxiety are more likely to skip the polls.

Gold-digging multinationals are fueling political violence and environmental devastation in El Salvador, but communities are fighting back.

Child soldiers and child combatants may seem like a far away problem, but you might be surprised at how common they still are.

A crew of nine marijuana legalization canvassers walked off their jobs and into the Portland office of the Industrial Workers of the World looking to form a union.

More than 30,000 members of the Mayagna indigenous community are in danger of disappearing, along with the rainforest which is their home in Nicaragua.

Seattle's new minimum wage of $15 an hour - the highest in the nation - is the latest example of grassroots efforts to establish living wages at the local …

As fears grow of a widening war across the Middle East, fed by reports that ISIS envisions a region-wide, all controlling theocracy, we found ourselves talking about another war: …

A Brooklyn judge upholds New York City's strict policies requiring children be vaccinated before attending public schools.

Almost 18,000 other people who had lived in the 50-kilometre radius of Chivi basin in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province were forcibly removed after flooding - but the community believes it …

Despite the danger from toxins remaining in the area, government funds were earmarked for rebuilding, not relocating.