Environment

American politicians are fond of telling their audiences that the United States is the greatest country in the world. Is there any evidence for this claim?

Wisconsin's voter ID law remains blocked for November, although its ultimate fate in future elections remains uncertain.

Many coastal regions must start bracing for frequent floods as key freshwater sources are drying up elsewhere.

Several of these flame retardants were banned a decade ago, but they're still showing up in winged creatures.

In order to expand, the original 13 colonies had to decimate the Native-American nations and seize their lands.

While telling our personal stories of struggle may sometimes feel self-serving, stories of personal trauma are the key to humanizing statistics of domestic violence.

Low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by pollution across the United States, according to a new study by economist James K. Boyce.

Food sovereignty is the concept that every people has the right to make decisions about, produce, and consume its own local, healthy, culturally appropriate food.

Every progressive should be in favor of eliminating the use of fossil fuels.

Wastes released from dump-sites near the coast or river banks, the littering of beaches, tourism and recreational use of the coasts, fishing industry activities, ship-breaking yards, legal and illegal …