Water scarcity currently affects billions of people worldwide. In the coming years, it is expected to become increasingly severe due to...

Soon after Earth Day this year, a grim event will remind the world of the importance of sustainability: Cape Town will become the first...

For several years, Hong Kong has been a city in political turmoil, its population torn between identifying with Chinese authorities and...

In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to clean drinking water, and called upon states and...

Only around half of Americans trust the water coming out of their faucets, according to a  poll by the Associated Press. In light of...

Americans everywhere on the political spectrum agree: Today, equality of opportunity is more a dream than a reality. Almost two-thirds of...

On a brisk March morning in Washington last year, US officials announced that they were bringing criminal charges against seven Iranian...

Facing incessant drought, cities across the state of California have been forced to consider every potential water-saving measure. But...

Perhaps the most defining characteristic of racism in the United States is its pervasiveness. It goes beyond personal attitudes and seeps...