Environment

Often referred to as the “spirit of the North,” the common loon has long been a cultural icon across the Northern United States and Canada.

After extensive research in Virginia, scientists have shown that mercury alters the very thing that many birds are known for - their songs.

Naomi Klein's powerful new book explains why not only can the climate movement win - but it's our best chance at overturning some of history's greatest injustices.

The renowned scholar, author and activist Dr. Cornel West discusses his latest book, “Black Prophetic Fire.”

Tiananmen analogies are a barrier to understanding what's really going on in Hong Kong says Peter Lee, Journalist for the Asia Times Online.

Ted Asregadoo talks to author and research scholar at the University of Illinois' Center for African Studies James Kilgore.

In Latin America, a large portion of the region's rural people still live on less than two dollars a day.

Australia has been involved in nuclear power politics since the 1940s as both a weapons test site and a source of base fuel uranium.

To respond effectively to the threat of climate change, we must shed our complacency and arouse a sense of urgency. The texts of early Buddhism provide us with a …

Around the world, scientists have gathered mounting evidence that city lights are altering the basic physiology of urban birds, suppressing their estrogen and testosterone and changing their singing, mating …