Thousands of young people from Massachusetts joined their counterparts across the world to stage a “climate strike” on Friday, demanding politicians and other adults in their lives take bold and immediate action on climate change.

Terry Garrett is the mastermind behind the company that designs a tabletop garden specifically for people in wheelchairs…

Food security, traditional agriculture, and local self-reliance are key to regenerative societies of the future, say water protectors taking the movement’s lessons forward.

A woman took 97 rescue dogs into her Bahamas home to protect them from hurricane Dorian.

Sometimes it involves defying the Israeli authorities, but taking children from the West Bank village of Beit Ummar for a day of fun in the waves of the Mediterranean has its own rewards…

Imagine coming to a new country, leaving all that is familiar and comforting: your culture, your friends, your family, and your roots. You find yourself baffled by a strange and difficult language…

Think back to your sex education classes in school. If you even had a class, it probably focused on abstinence education or the body mechanics of reproduction.

Two bills to be heard this fall at the state house will determine the future of holistic health care in Massachusetts.

There is no such thing as black genes or white genes; the concept of race is purely a political invention designed to enforce unjust hierarchies.

Communal gardens, landscaped rooftops, and wide-open windows aren't features of your typical hospital—but maybe they should be…

Getting older isn’t all loss and no gain—we may actually become happier and more emotionally resilient.

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, is turning 84 on July 6. With his advancing age, the question of who will succeed him, has become more pressing.

This week, children in the U.S. and Mexico had the chance to play together— despite the barriers that exist between them—after two California professors built a set of seesaws through a border fence…

No matter what the outcome, we’ve won simply by standing up for what we believed in, speaking our truth, and standing strong for our herbal traditions.

Find a new place to travel to every day. Go as far as your legs or bicycle will take you wherever you are in the world. And don’t be afraid to put away your mapping app and get lost.

A lifelong Red Sox fan and longtime fixture on the Greater Boston music scene, Linda Marks reacted to the near-fatal attack as songwriters often do to work through their emotions

San Francisco Bay Area residents Mary McDonald, Barbara Reusch, Alisa Foster, Harriet Tubman Wright, and Ina Clausen were all concerned about where they would be living in 10 or 20 years…

Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named U.S. poet laureate, has been ready for a long time.

In the Dutch city Utrecht 316 bus stops now have a green roof. They do not only look great, they also help capture fine dust, storage of rainwater and provide cooling in the summertime…

While Congress stalls, you can take other kinds of actions to help immigrants in transition, in detention, and in crisis.

Whales like humpbacks are famous for their mellifluous calls, typically referred to as whale songs. But right whales — three species of large baleen whales in the genus Eubalaena — have never been known to sing…

Millions of Americans are seeing reports of migrants suffering abusive conditions in U.S. custody and wondering what they can do…

Fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced, with the rates falling 18% between 2008 and 2016.