Health

Brazil has the world's fourth-largest prison population. Like the US, Brazil is rapidly advancing in the privatization of its incarceration system.

A massive legal loophole means companies can add new ingredients to foods with no government safety review.

Choosing the best fish isn't always easy, especially when considering how the fish is caught, mercury levels and accurate labeling.

In recent years, allegations of widespread sex crimes have dogged the US military.

In today's On the News segment: Nestlé has been pumping water out of California without a permit for the last 25 years; an increase in illness is another effect of …

Marilyn Baptiste led her community in defeating one of the largest proposed gold and copper mines in British Columbia.

Now is our opportunity to create meaningful change.

Laws with anti-abortion provisions are setting a new record this year, with 332 in 43 states.

Longtime residents have been scattered and displaced by the foreclosure conveyor belt.

Scientists fear the biologically active contaminants and their metabolites may alter the hormones of fish.