Long-haul truck driving is thriving in the United States, and remains one of the surest ways into the middle class, but minorities say discrimination is rampant.
As more and more coyotes move into San Francisco's urban core, one woman is bent on teaching the city how to peacefully co-exist with the animals.
Some Colombian paramilitary leaders accused of brutal human rights violations will not face justice—or their victims' families—until they've served sentences for American drug charges.
Why San Francisco, a city known for its innovative thinking and environmental leadership, has been unable to save its official bird.
Virtually navigating our waterways sounds like a good time to outdoor enthusiasts, but it could also help policymakers monitor a critical natural resource.
New York University roboticists are betting that a tiny aquatic machine will inspire the community to care about Brooklyn's neglected Superfund site.
At a police academy, future officers learn to test drivers' intoxication levels by testing the legal limit themselves.
Each year, hundreds of desperate patients seek relief from extreme pain in Montana’s retired uranium mines.
Immersive journalism uses virtual reality to insert viewers directly into the story—potentially revolutionizing how reporters and activists do their work.
Is America ready for a post-cow economy? What boutique farms—and petri dishes—mean for the future of agriculture.
How the epic quest to find protein revealed a surprising link between climate change and obesity.
Can a former police officer effect greater reforms from outside the force?
With few direct witnesses to Nazi atrocities left alive, some Germans are chasing ghosts. Literally.
For a growing group of straight men, fertility clinics and gestational carriers are providing life after 40.
Precious Lamb Preschool serves an especially vulnerable group: homeless children between the ages of two and six.
Defendants who can't make bail, regardless of their crime, are four times more likely to be sentenced to time in prison. So much for innocent until proven guilty.
The clank of silverware, the sound of chewing, and other forms of torture. The trouble with misophonia.
Fretting over your options is part of a life well lived.
Toshio Katsukawa is working to get the Japanese to eat only fish whose populations aren’t endangered.
For Central American migrants, the promise of work in the fields of California has dried up.