Environment

At the 60-year anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, separate is still not equal.

Dr. Terry Root and Dr. Stuart L. Pimm discuss recent research showing human beings are responsible for high extinction rates of species across the globe, and explain how we …

President Obama announced an executive order to help five million Americans pay off their student loans, and more.

Have real Keystone XL terrorism threats been ignored, while nonviolent activists have been labeled potential ecoterrorists?

The idea of storing radioactive nuclear waste inside a hollowed-out salt cavern might look good on paper. But serious problems could result if there is fracking nearby.

There are some essential lessons we can learn from the student occupation of Beijing's Tiananmen Square, which took place 25 years ago.

Last week, the President announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, and more.

As the controversy continues over the prisoner swap involving US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, peace activist and author David Cortright recounts the history of US soldiers organizing against the Vietnam …

The writer and activist Maya Angelou was remembered Saturday at a memorial service in North Carolina.

When night falls, there are over 1.3 billion people, mostly in the developing world, who live in virtual darkness because they have no access to electricity.