Health

A majority of the Senate voted to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour recently, yet the bill failed to clear the 60 vote hurdle necessary for passage, …

The World Health Organization has designated the spread of polio in Asia, Africa and the Middle East a global public health emergency requiring a coordinated “international response.”

The struggle for labor rights for Mexico's sex workers stretches back at least 25 years.

The majority of women in prison are domestic violence survivors. Most women in prison are also mothers.

In recent years, Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring have created renewed interest in such moments of unusual activity. The uprisings have spawned discussion about how activists might …

Last year, Dara Lightle and her nine-year-old daughter, Madeleine, became “marijuana refugees” when they moved from Virginia to Colorado.

Citizens and farmers created organics as an alternative to industrial-scale agriculture and food production.

The United States' student loan debt crisis is deforming an entire generation.

Consumers Must Choose Between 3 Forms of Access: Domestic Cultivation, Membership Clubs, or Licensed Sales in Pharmacies.

Aides to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are sending emails from private accounts to conduct official business to skirt transparency laws.