The mayor said medical debt is the No. 1 cause of bankruptcy in the United States, disproportionately burdening low-income households and people with inadequate insurance. He called the debt relief program the largest municipal initiative of its kind in the country.
Winter brings some unique challenges for dog owners, since dogs still need activity and socialization during colder seasons. Knowing the basics of winter safety is critical to maintaining a healthy lifestyle for your dog.
Let’s take a momentary break from the insanity of our politics today and look at what is really and truly driving all our crises around the world. “The Lost People,” was originally published in Spirit of Change magazine in 1998. It’s even more relevant today than it was then: please set aside a few minutes to read it all the way through.
A new report from nonprofits Environment America, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and Frontier Group has found that bans on plastic bags around the U.S. have already reduced the number of bags used by billions.
The rapid, uncontrolled, and poorly regulated expansion of wireless technology and infrastructure, including cell towers, small cells and smart meters, poses significant risks to our health, damages the environment, and threatens the privacy and autonomy of citizens.
For some good news to start 2024, key new laws at the state level, which are the result of so much rallying and advocacy, and which will contribute to shaping the humane world we envision, are now in place to help animals.
A Texas tiny home community, slated to become one of the largest communities of its kind anywhere in the country with 2,000 neighbors, is easing homelessness in Austin, while offering gardens, bee hives, kitchens, workspaces, playgrounds and a dozen other group facilities.
Restaurants are making sure that consumed oysters have their shells returned to the reefs, ensuring they rebuild and thrive in the deep Hong Kong water; the Hong Kong oyster filters more water of impurities than any other species.
Many of our favorite 2023 pictures are stunning images of the natural world. Some show moments of intense emotion. But these dozen photos chosen by GNN are guaranteed to uplift your spirits—or your curiosity—as we look back on the past year.
The U.S. Forest Service, an agency with a long history of prioritizing timber production, has taken a first step toward protecting the nation’s most ancient forests from logging. The agency on Tuesday announced a proposal to amend management plans for all 128 national forests and grasslands across the country to better conserve carbon-rich “old-growth” forests.
Detroit recently celebrated another milestone in automotive innovation by installing the nation's first electrified wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles. The roadway will enable EVs to charge their vehicles without stopping to plug them in.
Ancient California redwoods in Big Basin, some of which are over 2,000 years old, have defied scientists’ expectations and sprouted new shoots from blackened trunks, and will recover in time. The study presented a fascinating finding that changes how we short-lived fleshlings perceive our slow woody neighbors.
The deliberate promotion of health within the environment where of our working hours are dedicated can yield profound effects beyond the confines of the workplace, influencing our personal lives, families, and community.
Perhaps grandmothers, with their additional resources and valuable experience, are the result of species success—and their success becomes the success of their children, their grandchildren, and their species.
Residents of the Swedish city of Luleå take on loneliness by welcoming the new campaign encouraging them to say hello to each other during dark winter months with just three hours of sunlight everyday.
To ensure you have good coverage for both current and unforeseeable health needs, you should enroll in traditional Medicare. In traditional Medicare, you and your doctor decide the care you need, with no prior approval.
Welcome to the United Repair Centre, the latest venture helping Amsterdam become one of the world’s first fully circular cities by using refugees as full time employees to repair ripped or broken clothing that would otherwise be dumped in the bin.
Sex designation is not as simple as a glance and then a check of one box or another. Instead, the overwhelming evidence shows that sex is not binary. To put it another way, the terms “male” and “female” don’t fully capture the complex biological, anatomical and chromosomal variations that occur in the human body.
While reading study after study about Wevgovy and Ozempic, I learned that some food boost levels of an Ozempic-like hormone that naturally squelches hunger like a fly swatter smashes a mosquito. The result of less snacking and more satisfaction is dramatic weight loss.
The new “Port of Portland” airport terminal, built with local tribal timber is inherently fire resistant and less carbon-intensive. A giant roof for the main atrium is being built from Douglas fir, hemlock, and southern yellow pine sourced entirely from either Oregon landowners or Tribal nations.
An American-born journalist living on a kibbutz in Israel provides context and understanding for those not living at ground zero.
"STAMP has been referred to as ‘land development,' but the more accurate term is 'habitat destruction'—in one of the last unbroken landscapes in western New York,” says award-winning, indigenous author and environmental activist Robin Wall Kimmerer.
A young humpback whale was freed by rescuers in Alaska after it was discovered hog-tied to a 300lb crab pot. The rescue came after two local residents discovered the trapped whale a day earlier in the coastal waters near Gustavus.
Despite its limitations, this car-free iconic Great Lakes Michigan island vacation spot is leading on composting, with a thriving composting program in place since the 1990s.
According to early Irish literature, Samhain of long ago was a time for people to come together, under a command of peace, to feast, tell stories, engage in important sacred rituals and to commune with the dead.
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