Imagine for a moment that you are in the depths of addiction. Recovery may feel like nothing more than a dream. But it doesn't have to be this way. There are truths about addiction that can help you find the strength to recover.
With the help of her great-grandson (one of her 34 great-grandchildren), 98-year-old Lily Ebert shares brief videos on her TikTok channel describing some of what she experienced during the Holocaust and answers questions viewers ask. She currently has 1.7 million followers.
Northern California’s majestic redwood forest was once the home of Indigenous tribes that were forced from their land by European settlers. On Tuesday, nonprofit Save the Redwoods League transferred ownership of 523 acres of forest on the Lost Coast to the Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council.
The Puyallup tribe has its own tiny home village for the homeless called “ʔay’gʷasilali” (pronounced Igwasilali), which is a Whulshootseed word meaning “place of transformation.”
Scientists have discovered a new coral reef that stretches for around two miles off Tahiti that appears untouched by the climate crisis and offers hope that there is more biodiversity to be discovered in unexplored parts of the ocean.
Beloved Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away at 95. View live memorial services from Plum Village, in France to offer collective energies of peace, love and gratitude.
Edward Ryan, MD, Director of International Infectious Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital has good news to share about Omicron, Delta and life getting back to normal.
The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year program that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women to the development and history of our country.
Despite the stress of the pandemic, my mother’s satisfaction in her work remains, as it does with other custodians. The time is now for us to nurture a culture of care for those who care for our spaces, and to pay and protect them.
When April Stringfield took the keys to her new 3 bedroom house in Virginia, a special bit of history was made. The new home for April and her 13-year old son is the first one constructed by Habitat for Humanity on the East Coast using 3D printing.
As leaders of a New Mexico initiative committed to health and education goals, we have had a front-row seat to an underfunded and understaffed public health care system. Today, New Mexicans are speaking up and taking action.
Millions more Americans now have the right to vote in non-English languages as newly released data from the US Census Bureau requires that 331 jurisdictions in 30 states must offer non-English voting materials.
Wilson, who died Dec. 26, 2021, at the age of 92, discovered the chemical means by which ants communicate. And he was the first to understand the evolutionary basis of both animal and human societies.
We now draw near to the end of another year. We as human beings have a creative way of relying on this construct of time—a new year—to initiate new beginnings on our behalf.
Years of resistance and legal battles over tribal sovereignty and civil rights have allowed Indigenous populations to rebound to their largest size in modern U.S. history.
You might already know stress can affect your own health, but what you may not realize is that your stress – and how you manage it – is catching. Your stress can spread around, particularly to your loved ones.
Looking back at the year’s top 10 most popular stories, it’s clear that you, dear readers, were hungry for hopeful stories. We’re inspired by your willingness to learn—about transformative justice, the roots of modern food movements, and the possibility of an ecological civilization.
As they committed to doing last April, on the occasion of the 35th commemoration of the Chernobyl accident, the Swiss-based company Exlterra has reported spectacular results after one year of decontamination.
The country's prime minister has agreed to roll back laws that threatened to corporatize agriculture, jeopardizing the food security of more than 800 million people and further enriching the ultra-rich.
As with any venue, parents might be concerned about what dangers lurk on the internet. Here are five tips on how parents can encourage their children to adopt safer online behavior beyond using spyware or computer surveillance.
The simple act of staring at a deep-red or near infrared light source for about three minutes was found to be enough to improve color vision in those suffering from failing eyesight.
One of the things I learned over the years as a lawyer and later as a professor specializing in employment law is that timing and preparation matter when it comes to quitting a job.
Attempting to keep up with the high demand for inexpensive produce, agricultural workers are using dangerous pesticides that endanger their health and the well-being of their communities. One such weed-killer is paraquat.
Ontario’s northernmost First Nation has switched on a 300 kilowatt solar power station, freeing them from the burden of flying diesel by charter plane 500 miles up the Canadian coastline.
The women of Standing Rock fought on. And in the process, they inspired the world. Kring spoke of Indigenous women with whom she’d collaborated in Honduras and Scandinavia, who told her that Standing Rock changed what seemed possible.
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