Rosa Park’s story is about courage. But, lest one forget, it is also a story about breaking the law

We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible

Last week the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration sweeping new powers to profile low-wage Latino workers. In one unsigned paragraph, its

First conceived as a ‘spider’s web of sticks’, this vast wooden wonder may end up being a template for the environmentally sound buildings of the future

Those already on the property ladder are fuelling a shameful disparity. Until they wake up, the krakers will keep coming, says journalist Senay Boztas

Set up in the 1980s, Giroscope has morphed into a social agency running neighbourhood services and creating jobs

The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city

Two new parks fortifying the city’s coastline survived a bureaucratic gantlet that reveals why progress so often feels stuck.

As Trump threatens funding and public trust plummets, US schools are in the fight of a lifetime. This is how they can survive – with their souls intact

"Here There Are Blueberries," a play about a Nazi officer's photo album, in part, examines the role of young secretaries at Auschwitz and asks: How much did they know?

When Ethan lost $11,000 on a single hockey game this past March, it was the last straw.

We never really gave him his due. Maybe the problem was us.

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Governments worldwide are dramatically reshaping higher education, challenging long-held models and academic autonomy.

Survivors say careers of many of those involved show there are ‘no consequences for decisions that cost lives’ The survivors of the Grenfell fire have condemned “a deep and bitter injustice” that many of the officials criticised in the public inquiry in connection to the tragedy have continued working in related fields. “We relive the pain every day. They are carrying on with life, careers intact, while we are still here – grieving, waiting and fighting for justice,” said a spokesperson for Grenfell United shortly before the eighth anniversary of the fire. Continue reading...

The move marks a significant pivot for the Trump administration, which has vowed to deport millions of immigrants living in the country without legal status.

Amid Donald Trump's hostility towards universities the question remains: how did the US leading scholars lose trust?

Andalucían police used shot of women sitting on chairs on pavement in request to keep public right of way clear Somewhere towards the very top of the long list of unspoken Spanish rules – gin and tonic should not be drunk before a meal, chorizo has no place in the vicinity of a paella and children’s bedtimes cease to apply in the summer – is the silent injunction that forbids any attempts to alter the habits of the country’s cherished older people. It was unfortunate, then, that police in the small Andalucían town of Santa Fe chose the photo they did to accompany a request for people not to disturb their neighbours by sitting around the streets late at night. Continue reading...

The Trump administration is poised to direct federal agencies to cancel their contracts – totaling about $100 million – with Harvard University, two senior Trump administration officials told CNN, the...

Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media Almost half of young people would rather live in a world where the internet does not exist, according to a new survey. The research reveals that nearly 70% of 16- to 21-year-olds feel worse about themselves after spending time on social media. Half (50%) would support a “digital curfew” that would restrict their access to certain apps and sites past 10pm, while 46% said they would rather be young in a world without the internet altogether. Continue reading...

University of Reading report says conflicts including war in Ukraine among 12 most pressing threats to pollinator War zones, microplastics and street lights are among the emerging threats to the bee population, according to scientists. Bee experts have drawn up a list of the 12 most pressing threats to the pollinator over the next decade, published in a report, Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Conservation of Global Pollinators, by the University of Reading. Continue reading...