By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report State officials in Michigan asked a federal court in Detroit on Thursday to block a court order requiring bottled ...

By Jordan E. Rosenfeld, Health.Good.is Perfectionists get things done, right? They’re more detail-oriented, meticulous, and effective than the rest of us—or so we’ve been led ...

Forty-one health providers prescribed more than $5 million in drugs in 2011. Last year, that jumped to 514. “The trends in this space are troubling ...

By Miranda S. Spivack The government in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was desperate to find ways to fund its pension plan for city employees, which was about ...

Usha Choudhary dodged being married off at age 13 by taking on five jobs and working morning to night. Now she runs a leading charity ...

Last November 15th, 42 million Americans owe a combined $1.3 trillion in student debt. For many, student loans have been a ticket to a good education ...

By Nita Bhalla (Thomson Reuters Foundation)  NEW DELHI - India's efforts to improve the lives of its children are failing due to meagre government spending on ...

By Sebastien Malo (Thomson Reuters Foundation) NEW YORK - Roughly a third of children in developing nations are forced to miss school because they must work, ...

The economists are leveraging their academic prestige with secret reports justifying corporate concentration. Their predictions are often wrong and consumers pay the price. By Jesse Eisinger ...

Four years after a Massachusetts crime lab chemist confessed to tainting evidence, more than 20,000 defendants still don’t know if their drug convictions will stand. ...