Environment

While the use of corporal punishment in public schools has declined rapidly in the past 20 years, it is still legal in 19 states.

Cables reveal that US government officials pushed Cameroon to approve a deeply controversial oil palm development.

Access to lawyers before police questioning is considered a fundamental value of a juvenile's right to a fair trial.

The carbon pledges made by 178 nations in Paris to date won't likely save tropical coral reefs or cloud forests, or prevent mass global extinctions.

The Illuminate Literacy project encourages neighborhood youth to hold onto their identities and histories by expressing themselves in words.

Ann Jones examines schemes seeking to use veterans for corporate interests and dismantle the VA system in the name of privatized profits.

Espousing colonial attitudes, BBC's latest documentary blames tribal peoples — again — for endangering species.

Here's an idea for the climate, and your wallet: If you waste less, you should pay less.

Just eight months after the Paris climate talks, we are close to reaching the 1.5C upper limit of planetary warming.