Environment

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.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release proves Obama can do more to fulfill his pledge of closing down the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.

While legal medical marijuana is good for the pro-marijuana crowd, it's not as good for the pro-environment crowd.

Cap-and-trade is a let-you-down-easy way to regulate, and it generally lets the regulated industry decide how easy.

The index of hours worked past its pre-recession peak for the first time in May.

First the anger, then the love - overcoming generational anger to find the courage required for the difficult work ahead.

An issue that many have had the misfortune to encounter, but has yet to be recognized as a broader societal issue is how the medical-industrial complex takes advantage of …

Conyers said this week, “My most important bill is the Full Employment Act.”

According to data from the International Trade Union Confederation, it appears that corporations have almost completely destroyed workers' rights in the US, and more.