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The Norwegian Parliament pledged that the government’s public procurement policy will be deforestation-free. Any product that contributes to deforestation will not be used in the Scandinavian country.

A bill that would bar discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations and allow them to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with the gender they identify with won overwhelming approval in the Democratic-controlled Massachusetts House.

A baby born with a cleft palate in an underserved country could very well starve to death just because she has problems sucking. But that baby, along with 7.6 million preterm infants in Africa and Asia, could be saved once a simple $1 cup hits the market later this year…

Florida's Saltwater Brewery has a pretty clever idea for replacing those environment-destroying plastic rings holding your Tecate cans together: animal food.

Tribal leaders in Oklahoma have vowed to plant nectar-producing plants for Monarch butterflies whose numbers have dwindled…

Ida Keeling is 100-years-old and set a world record after winning a 100m race at Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field.

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill Thursday to automatically register to vote any eligible Vermonter who visits a Department of Motor Vehicles.

The May 2016 Reader’s Digest cover story is “Secrets Your Body Is Trying To Tell You.” I love how RD gives credence to revolutionary cultural memes, like the mind/body connection and self-healing.

Move over Andrew Jackson – one of history’s most hailed abolitionists is taking over the face of the $20 dollar bill…

The Snow Leopard Trust team began working toward achieving State Protected Area status in 2012. Now, 4 years, this effort has paid off, and Tost should remain a safe haven for snow leopards.

For close to a decade, Simratpal Singh felt torn between the ideals of his faith and those of the U.S. Army. No more…

Iran’s Department of the Environment has announced it will no longer issue permits allowing wildlife to perform in circuses, effectively ending the practice in all 31 Iranian states…

Nigerian troops have freed more than 800 people held by Boko Haram militants in the country’s northeast, the army said Thursday…

Can the mind completely cure the body? The human brain is said to have more synapses than the Milky Way has stars, so that’s a miraculous amount of intelligence the brain is channeling from birth to death. Anything is possible.

Prince William got 40 transport companies to sign a declaration that sets the wheels in motion for a plan to stop wildlife trafficking, earlier this week.

Arizona Tea Partiers are furious with the government after their heinous plot to sell off Native American sacred land to be plundered for corporate profits was foiled by President Obama…

On Thursday, Oregon set a national precedent, passing a bill that will raise its minimum wage to one of the highest in the country.

It’s frightening to see the reflection of ourselves as a racist nation in the candidacy of Donald Trump for president. It’s the Mexicans! It’s the Muslims! What KKK?

Taiwan just elected its first female president, and she's a total badass…

Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow and his eponymous foundation held more than 200 proms for people with special needs in 48 states and seven countries on Friday…

Dana Falsetti was overweight and struggled with depression and binge eating–until she found yoga.

The Global Public Square reports on controversial and current events from around the world, interviewing thoughtful experts from every field.

Loggers, conservationists, and B.C. Premier Christy Clark gathered in Vancouver to happily announce that the Great Bear Rainforest was now one of the largest swaths of protected coastal forest in the Northern Hemisphere…

They can count, learn and remember; nurse sick neighbors; warn each other of danger by sending electrical signals across a fungal network known as the “Wood Wide Web”…