North America

A group of runners carrying staffs and smile for a group shot

'Spirit Run': A new memoir details one man's journey to reconnect with nature and his Indigenous heritage

In his memoir, "Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land," Noe Álvarez shares how the communal run helped him reclaim a relationship with the land and reconnect with his parents' migration and life of labor in the agricultural fields of the northwest.

'Spirit Run': A new memoir details one man's journey to reconnect with nature and his Indigenous heritage
With Canadian and Haitian flags hoisted, marchers take part in demonstration in support of asylum-seekers working in Quebec's long-term care homes in Montreal, Canada, in June.

Canada is granting residency to some asylum-seekers working in pandemic health care

Canada is granting residency to some asylum-seekers working in pandemic health care
A group of dairy cows stand in a caged area inside a farm

Can this radical approach to dairies save US farms?

Can this radical approach to dairies save US farms?
Children stand next to a banner against the US President's proposed end of the DACA program

Thousands of immigrants with ‘protected status’ face possible deportation

Thousands of immigrants with ‘protected status’ face possible deportation
Protesters gather to rally against US President Donald Trump's firing of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, outside the White House in Washington, DC. May 10, 2017.

Trump says he will make 'fast decision' on Comey replacement

Trump says he will make 'fast decision' on Comey replacement
Protesters gather to rally against U.S. President Donald Trump's firing of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. May 10, 2017.

Trump firing Comey: ‘It helps every authoritarian in the world’

Journalists and academics across the globe see alarming parallels between the US and deeply troubled countries whose leaders go after those who investigate them.

Trump firing Comey: ‘It helps every authoritarian in the world’
A protester rallies during the US House vote on the American Health Care Act, which repeals major parts of the 2000 Affordable Care Act know as Obamacare. Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 4, 2017.

US House passes Obamacare repeal in win for Trump

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Republican repeal of Obamacare.

US House passes Obamacare repeal in win for Trump
Trump rally on TV

How to get the conservative climate message to Trump? Put it on TV.

Conservative climate groups target Trump with TV ad.

How to get the conservative climate message to Trump? Put it on TV.
Peru anchovies

What happens when you eat seafood at every meal for a year?

And is there a sustainable way to eat this much fish?

What happens when you eat seafood at every meal for a year?
Spencer Pensoneau, Ron Klump and Philip Weiss (left to right), of Weiss and Rosenbloom Monument company, work to right toppled Jewish headstones after a weekend vandalism attack on Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, a suburb of St Louis, Misso

Asked — again — about anti-Semitism, Trump condemns it as ‘horrible’

President Donald Trump condemned the latest rash of bomb threats to Jewish community centers around the US by calling them a “very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil.”

Asked — again — about anti-Semitism, Trump condemns it as ‘horrible’
Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf (left) kisses her father Khaled as her mother Fattoum (right) cries after arriving at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on February 7, 2017.

Christian leaders are coming out against Trump’s travel ban

White evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics voted for Trump in big numbers. But more of them are speaking out against the administration’s move to block many Muslims from entering the US.

Christian leaders are coming out against Trump’s travel ban
Anti-Trump protesters (R) clash with Donald Trump supporters (L) outside the Anaheim Convention Center during a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on May 25, 2016 in Anaheim, California.

Journalists got trained like war correspondents to cover the US conventions

Violence at Donald Trump rallies and the ubiquity of firearms at public events has prompted some news outlets to train their political reporters in conflict-zone survival. The World is among them.

Journalists got trained like war correspondents to cover the US conventions
Handguns

When an armed guard isn't enough: Venues, clubs review security after Orlando

There were armed, off-duty police officers and bouncers at Pulse when an assailant carried out the worst mass shooting in modern American history, but there were no metal detectors, and the bouncers weren't checking bags or patting people down, according to eyewitnesses.

When an armed guard isn't enough: Venues, clubs review security after Orlando
Stanford University's campus is seen in an aerial photo in Stanford, California, United States on April 6, 2016.

Disappointed, not surprised: Stanford and American rape culture

When it comes to his sentence, many believe bias played a role — Judge Presky attended the same alma mater as convicted sex offender Brock Turner.

Disappointed, not surprised: Stanford and American rape culture
Gun in blood

A history of accidental shootings in the US

Back in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, American newspapers regularly carried columns that highlighted “melancholy accidents,” or unfortunate accounts of firearm accidents and gun deaths.

A history of accidental shootings in the US