Much of Congress is captured by corporate money. So literally nothing gets through Congress if it interferes with the corporate/1% -boosting agenda. Many in the…

The Justice Department's recent recommendation to end the use of private facilities for US citizens in federal prisons has been hailed as a victory by…

There’s more than one way to plant a bounteous vegetable crop. It’s possible to have a hearty garden even if you don’t have space in…

The first new nuclear reactor in the United States in 20 years went live on Wednesday in Tennessee, in what at least one nuclear expert…

We are today in the midst of a battleground for two very different approaches to agriculture. One is the agro-ecological approach based on the use…

If one important measure of a democracy is how a society treats its children, especially poor youth of color, there can be little doubt that…

Birth control pills are the most popular form of contraception among U.S. women. They're taken by 16 percent of this population, while just over 7…

My mother falls in love for the first time at 93. She is not a woman who believes in love. Jilted at 19, she marries my…

Ten-year-old Daline enjoys reading, dancing and using her mother’s make up. And she loves school. Her favourite subject is chemistry. “When I was at primary…

Exposure to chemicals in pesticides, toys, makeup, food packaging and detergents costs the U.S. more than $340 billion annually due to health care costs and…

Leer, South Sudan -- There it is again. That sickening smell. I'm standing on the threshold of a ghost of a home. Its footprint is…

Maybe it’s the phrase — “commander in chief” — that best captures the transcendent absurdity and unaddressed horrors of the 2016 election season and the…