Environment

(Photo: Emydidae / Flickr) I met Marsha Coleman-Adebayo in 1990 in Washington, DC. She was working for the World Wildlife Fund, an international environmental organization. Coleman-Adebayo was …

Washington - After a U.S. airstrike mistakenly killed at least 15 Afghans in 2010, the Army officer investigating the accident was surprised to discover that an American civilian had …

I’ve been watching the Occupy Movement from a distance these last several months, intentionally standing back so that I might observe the larger web of patterns shaping its unfolding …

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Washington - A senior Iranian official on Tuesday delivered a sharp threat in response to economic sanctions being readied by the United States, saying his country would retaliate against …

Beirut - Residents of the Syrian city of Homs said the government pulled some of its tanks from the streets on Tuesday morning, shortly before Arab League observers arrived …

New Yorkers take part in a program called Added Value by preparing a plant bed in Red Hook, Brooklyn on August 14, 2003. (Photo: Nancy Siesel / The New …

Katie O'Brien Mowery at her office during work at Network Hardware Resale in Goleta, California, December 1, 2011. (Photo: J. Emilio Flores / The New York Times) …

Eric Schmitt, The New York Times Islamabad, Pakistan - With the United States facing the reality that its broad security partnership with Pakistan is over, American officials are seeking …

Nurses sang sour carols today to the private equity firm they say is starving Massachusetts hospitals and pitting workers against each other. Massachusetts nurses came to the …