Fashion shouldn’t cost lives and it shouldn’t cost us our planet. Yet this is what is happening today. Globalization, fast fashion, economies of scale, social media...
At the start of Black History Month 2019, Google designed its daily-changing homepage logo to include an image of African-American activist Sojourner Truth, the great 19th-century...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — In a big room full of moms-to-be, pregnant women check each other’s blood pressure and weight, a nurse-midwife measures their growing bellies, and...
OTTAWA — The oil-and-gas industry has worn out its welcome in Canadian marine conservation areas, and Canada’s environmentalists are overjoyed. Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson unveiled new...
OTTAWA — The United States is crediting tighter rules in the new North American free-trade deal for its decision to move Canada off a list of...
OTTAWA — Canada’s federal privacy commissioner says he’s taking Facebook to court to enforce privacy laws on the social-media giant, following a major leak of personal...
MANILA — The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has ordered the release of the duplicate copies of the original titles to farmer-beneficiaries of the Agrarian Reform Program...
TORONTO — From their humble beginnings as shambling, brain-eating monsters in shlocky horror films, zombies have shown a surprising amount of cultural staying power. Movies, television...
BRASILIA, Brazil — Over 150 indigenous leaders met with lawmakers to discuss land rights and the role of their communities in the protection of the environment...
TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Akihito has had a lifetime mission: Make amends for a war fought in his father’s name. Akihito was just 11 when he...
