In his new hour-long special available February 1, 2020, Rick Steves travels through Ethiopia and Guatemala to learn about extreme poverty — the more than 700 million people who struggle to live on le...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ableist rhetoric and dangerous policy proposals lead the U.S. down a deadly, yet familiar path

Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN A row over the definition of the term “gender” threatens to bog down pivotal talks at the Cop30 climate summit. Before the UN talks in Brazil, hardline conservative states have pushed to define gender as “biological sex” over their concerns trans and non-binary people could be included in a major plan to ensure climate action addresses gender inequality and empowers women. Continue reading...

Official MoD survey also finds nearly one in 10 have been subject to non-consensual sexual activity, and a third have been groped or touched Nearly one in 10 women serving in the British military have been subjected to an assault or other non-consensual sexual activity in the previous year, according to the first official survey of sexual harassment across the armed forces. A third said they had been groped or touched in a way that made them feel uncomfortable, according to the Ministry of Defence, and two-thirds reported at least one form of sexual harassment or sexualised behaviour, proportions significantly higher than their male counterparts across the army, navy and air force. Continue reading...

Two families with students in Stillwater schools are planning to sue the school district, after a former employee allegedly took pictures of kids and used artificial intelligence technology to create ...

A new Harvard study shows that 2025 protests are likely the most geographically widespread in US history.