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The environmental activist and consumer advocate takes a brutally honest look at how mismanagement, chemical spills, mishandling of toxic waste, and even fake studies have damaged U.S. water systems.

In the late 1960s, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams' family kicked her out after she told them that she was transgender — before many knew what that meant. A little brother's embrace welcomed her back.

Education was already a problem area in much of Latin America. But the coronavirus made a bad situation worse, writes journalist Alejandro Tarre.

For a socially distant activity to pass the time, just look up. The annual Aquarid Meteor shower will reach its peak Monday night, littering shooting stars across the sky.

The season finale for the HBO series, I May Destroy You, is Monday night. Episodes of the British comedy-drama began airing in June.

The share of total income of the top 1% of earners in the U.S. more than doubled over four decades. But in Europe, the gains were less dramatic. What accounts for the difference across the Atlantic?

Mothers can be powerful forces in activism, and stereotypes about moms, as well as race, have long played a role in shaping that power — as well as who gets to wield it.

What does an editor do when the newspaper is going to print and the presidential winner is still undetermined? You reflect the nation's anxiety.

Historian Marcia Chatelain shares the untold story of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Her new book is…

Penguins are abundant in Antarctica today. But new genetic work suggests they evolved in Australia and New Zealand, and then used ocean currents to relocate.

East Bay author Allison Larkin reads from her new book, Also “The People We Keep.” It’s about a 16-year-old folk singer named April who’s growing up in a motorless motorhome in a dead-end town until she steals a car and hits the road.

President Trump's focus overseas may spare China for now, but Beijing still worries that his "America First" rhetoric hasn't softened what it calls U.S. "military adventurism."