Environment

The pesticide chlorpyrifos was banned for household use over a dozen years ago, but it is still widely applied in agriculture.

'When a nation exports its jobs to other countries, its citizens are depreciated as human beings.

As far as I can tell, there isn't a well-organized phosphate denial campaign insisting that runoff has nothing to do with algal blooms. But I'm sure one will arise …

May and June had the hottest global temperatures on record, according to a report from the National Climactic Data Center.

Ted Wafer, convicted of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Renisha McBride, is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 3. He faces a maximum of life in …

Several African-American men share with Truthout their stories of abuse at the hands of police, and after 12 days of continuous demonstrations against the shooting of an unarmed teen, …

If there's one lesson that everyone should take away from the killing of Michael Brown and the ongoing protests in Ferguson, it's that it's time for white Americans to …

Groups globally mobilize to stop commercial release of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in Brazil and the US.

Cooperative Home Care Associates has 2,300 workers who enjoy good wages, regular hours, and family health insurance. With an investment of $1.2 million into the cooperative sector, New York …

Lyons serves around 500 students who are overwhelmingly poor and 90 percent African American and Hispanic. Its switch to restorative justice methods is one of the main reasons the …