Olivewood Cemetery is the resting ground of many Houston trailblazers and an important piece of the history of the African diaspora.  When Charles Cook first visited Olivewood Cemetery in 1993,…

Archaeologists have discovered a wooden Mayan canoe in southern Mexico, believed to be over 1,000 years old. Measuring over 5ft (1.6m), it was found almost completely intact, submerged in a…

WebinarMonday, November 8, 2021, 2-3:15pm EST/ 7-8:15pm GMT/ 8-9:15pm CMTMultidisciplinary Webinar under the auspices of the International Center for MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma. 8 November is the anniversary of the…

ROME (AP) — Leaders of the Group of 20 countries gathering for their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold will confront a global recovery hampered by a series of stumbling…

Paved surfaces, tree cover, and home construction quality can make the difference between heat waves being an inconvenience or a threat to your life.\ It was a typical summer day…

Ahead of the UN Climate Conference COP26, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday it was time now to act, and put “empty speeches, broken promises, and unfulfilled pledges behind us”.  “We need…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Eyt_TvMgDQ Vulnerable countries are stepping up and taking climate action, amid a slow response from some of the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, said the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday.  In a new analysis, released ahead of…

In the early hours of October 30, 1961, a bomber took off from an airstrip in northern Russia and began its flight through cloudy skies over the frigid Arctic island…

There was an almost surreal quiet in the classroom at Kabul University on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 15. It was the start of the school week, and the financial-management…

Finally, it seemed, the companies that played a large part in creating the climate crisis were being denied a say in deciding how we dig ourselves out. Unlike at previous…