Until recently, the VA was adding thousands of employees to try to keep up with increased demand for veterans' medical care.

The state court ruled deputies’ names and salaries must be disclosed.

The money deals with flooding and sea level rise, and could help cope with electricity demand.

Changes don’t necessarily mean staff will be laid off.

Emissions’ social costs can help guide investments.

The track’s new operator aims to reopen as soon as next year.

A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination attempt is having a chilling effect in Colombia where security has been backsliding recently.

An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.

June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.

Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and fishermen say salmon are damaging ecosystems and an Indigenous way of life.

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