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Homeowners nationwide are finding that insurance companies don’t want to cover their properties due to climate risks. The problem will only get worse.

It is May in Oklahoma. It is early afternoon. A mother listens to the news anxiously.  She is at work more than 30 miles from home.  She knows that the…

From just starting out to the most senior positions, women face a system that diminishes their value while capitalizing on their valuable contributions. This is unfair.

More than two-thirds of gun owners with teenagers at home store at least one gun unlocked and/or loaded, researchers find.

Shortages of workers and materials inevitably make rebuilding slower and more expensive after a natural disaster. In Maui, this is likely to be a problem for agencies like FEMA that provide public assistance.

The Brookings Institution calls libraries vital “third places” within a community. After home and work, third places play a critical role in building community cohesiveness. Few enduringly American institutions have…

A global perspective on environmental issues. Our mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action.

Programs to reduce food insecurity among tribal citizens have often ignored cultural differences and eroded food sovereignty, but one tribe is taking a new approach.

Alarmingly, about half the people exposed to wildfires in Washington and Oregon were those least able to afford to protect their homes, evacuate safely and recover.

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Ten years ago, as a former federal employee, I had the opportunity to be a part of building the case for wide-scale adoption of Housing First across the federal government…

A new 19th/SurveyMonkey Poll is among the first to shed light on sexual violence faced by women with disabilities in the workplace.