Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and who helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died. She was 84 years old.…

It's most valuable brand asset is also one of its biggest problems. The Starbucks white cup with its green logo of a two-tailed mermaid is one of the most iconic…

Ernest Hemingway’s 1950 best-selling novel “Across the River and Into the Trees” gets the bigscreen treatment and its world premiere and special screening in the final resting place of Papa…

IQAir, a Swiss company that monitors air pollution, found that seven of the 10 most populous U.S. cities have returned to pre-pandemic levels of air pollution. Wildfires in the U.S.…

A million deaths in the United States has created a desire for the country to commemorate their lives and “democratize grief.” But how and where should a monument be built—and…

Proposal is part of Gavin Newsom’s pledge to preserve one-third of the state’s land and coastal waters by 2030 Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed giving California’s Indigenous nations $100m…

For several years Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has picked up the mantle to lead efforts to create a commission to study reparations for African Americans, and now the Democrat from…

If Berkeley proceeds, it will be one of the few municipalities to directly grapple with the country’s legacy of enslavement.  Update, March 23: The Berkeley City Council voted March 22…

In the wake of more horrific police killings, it’s important to remember that Black cops cannot fix America’s fundamentally broken and racist policing system. This piece is a commentary, part…