White supremacists have declared themselves in danger of losing essential rights. It's the kind of argument racists have been making for a long time.

As climate change looms, scientists seek ways to reduce the release of carbon. Sometimes a low-tech approach is overlooked: conserving forests.

When is speech violence? Sometimes. It depends. That’s a complicated question.

In the aftermath of Charlottesville, people with similar names to white supremacists involved in the march were also caught in the crossfire.

Despite the Hajj's celebration of ascetic faith and brotherhood, there has always been plenty of profit made off the pilgrims traveling to Mecca.

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Glaciers are retreating around the world. The Andes are no exception: in Venezuela, the ice has mostly already disappeared.

In the 1960s, one scholar writes, there was no grand vision behind the idea of a middle school. The problem that the model sought to solve was segregation.

Scientists explore the causes--climate change, habitat destruction, and more--that decimated animals and humans alike, from Ice Age to Internet Age.

Clothing as a tool in social change isn't anything new, but is a for-profit industry that thrives on exclusivity too removed to comment on politics?