Sarah Gilman is a writer and illustrator covering the environment, natural history, and science. A contributing editor at Hakai and bioGraphic magazines, her work has also appeared in High Country ...

Experts and disability justice advocates say these changes could help more California families with children who have complex medical needs access the care they‘re entitled to.

Generations of readers have discovered the power of books through a family member, a teacher, or LeVar Burton’s Reading Rainbow. But 2.5 million children across the United States are enrolled in ...

Oscar Grant III was an unarmed Black man killed by a police officer in Oakland, Calif., years before Black Lives Matter drew national attention to the growing number of unarmed Black men, women and ...

In the wake of AIPAC’s ouster of two pro-Palestine congressional Democrats, a Jewish American digs into the reality of Zionist influence in American politics.

Faced with the spread of militarized police training facilities known as "cop cities," grassroots activists are taking the call to #DefundPolice to cities nationwide.

Patriarchy Princesses Against a backdrop of increasing repression and gender-based violence, “femininity influencers” offer what could be seen as comfort in a destabilizing time.

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Why Costa Rica Tops the Happiness Index How a focus on peace is helping this Central American country top the Happy Planet Index.

A typical American life in 2022 might include spending 50 hours a week mostly alone in a cubicle, riddled with chronic stress but on track for a promotion. Evenings pass isolated in a tower, where a ...

Book Review: No Logo Walden Bello reviews Klein's book on the culture of brand capitalism and the rise of the anti-corporate globalization movement.

For more than four decades, Iranians have resisted through underground clubs, labor strikes, and other everyday acts of defiance. By now, people in the United States and around the world are ...