The city's mayor says the move will boost cycling in decades to come, creating a greener and more sociable city.
Mass annihilation is depressing, sure. But stories about it force us to imagine large-scale rebirth鈥攁nd what kind of people we want to become.
Craftivism: 鈥渁 way of looking at life where voicing opinions through creativity makes your voice stronger, your compassion deeper, and your quest for justice more infinite.鈥�
Edward Burtynsky documents the environmental effects of oil extraction through striking landscape photography.
Two-thirds of the country鈥檚 low-wage workers are women. That鈥檚 why they stand to benefit the most from greater equity in and control of the workplace.
To get people on bikes in big numbers, cities are finding that it's essential to separate bike lanes from traffic.
Organizers agreed that the annual marches have helped raise awareness about the mining project. But their work is far from done.
When you ask Americans specific questions about the policies they support, it turns out we're not so polarized after all.
As a mother, I have made life choices that can鈥檛 always include everything my children want鈥攍ike hiking the Adirondacks. Here鈥檚 how I learned to overcome the guilt.
In his new book "How to Make Trouble and Influence People," Iain McIntyre offers readers an alternative version of Australian history.
The film never flinches from the complex connections between economic and environmental problems.
The ruling is a boon to the more than 170 municipalities in New York that have already passed bans or moratoriums.
The experience of debt can guide us toward different ways of living鈥攍ike having extended generations share a household鈥攖hat are both cheaper and more fulfilling.
His new book, "What Then Must We Do?" imagines how a new economic system might actually emerge, from the bottom up, in the next few decades.
Concerned neighbors are a common bane of urban beekeepers. But there are ways to sweeten the deal for them.
Longhouse 麻豆社事件 helps indigenous artists step behind the camera and document their lives.
First Nations groups say that the pipeline would disrupt their traditional seafood harvest and endanger their culture.
New York City's newly approved budget allocates $1.2 million for developing and supporting worker-owned cooperative businesses.
鈥淭he ideas in Butler鈥檚 fiction challenge us to contend with our own choices and take responsibility for our own power.鈥�
Moments of sadness are inevitable in a life filled with deep connections to other people.
Londoners have made their feelings clear about a corporate "solution" to the problem of homelessness鈥攁nd the company listened.
With over one billion views on YouTube and counting, The Young Turks prove that successful, independent, online news is possible.
When it comes to stopping NSA surveillance, it may be more effective to write to Facebook and Google than to government officials.
Felipe Matos told his story in three words: "I am undocumented." It was an act of desperation鈥攂ut it gave him a sense of agency and power.
Rachel Corrie was killed in 2003, but her passion for peace lives on in her writings.
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