As part of Minnesota’s “Day of Truth and Freedom” on Friday, January 23, clergy leaders in Minnesota are urging residents not to shop, work, or go to school in protest of the ongoing occupation of ...

The picturesque canals of Amsterdam are a sight to behold. The historic network of waterways, first built in the 17th-century Golden Age, is a UNESCO World Heritage site that attracts millions of ...

Kawuneeche Valley, located in the western part of Rocky Mountain National Park, has seen better days. An overpopulation of overgrazing moose has forced beavers out of their natural habitat, and the ...

In North America, it’s not unheard of to stumble across a moose in the forest. But in Romania, the towering mammal has been locally extinct for centuries. That’s why scientists were blown away by a ...

In 2021, Minnesota brass band Brass Solidarity was formed in response to the murder of George Floyd — and the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. Their goal was simple: To bring people together to ...

As one of the co-founders of Food Not Bombs, a volunteer-run collective, Keith McHenry has been arrested nearly 100 times and spent over 500 nights in jail — all for feeding people without a permit.

Next to the need for safe and supportive housing, people experiencing homelessness are also in desperate need of mental and behavioral healthcare. To bridge the gap, Albany County in New York is ...

It's important we don't reduce Martin Luther King Jr. Day to a “day off” or a quote on social media. Veterans Day should not be the only day we celebrate veterans, rather, it should be a jumping-off ...

Making friends as an adult is hard. Outside of coworker happy hours or obsessively pre-planned outings with a lifelong best friend, making time for cultivating relationships can be inaccessible to ...

There’s no question that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the education of millions of children. According to the BBC, U.S. literacy rates dropped significantly in 2020, a trend that educators have ...

Every Fourth of July since 2006, the Carnegie Corporation of New York has commissioned comic books that feature the stories of real-life naturalized citizens and their extraordinary lives for a series ...

When mushrooms make the news, it’s often for grim reasons: a mysterious poisoning, toxic species in the bush, or high-profile court cases. But the mushroom itself is only the fruit body. Beneath every ...