‍Nour El-Naboulsi is a Burlington, Vermont farmer — but he doesn’t tend to a field of crops or a clearing of cattle. As the executive director of Village Hydroponics, El-Naboulsi oversees the ...

‍Last spring, Lancaster, California, a city on the edge of the Mojave Desert, opened a vibrant — almost Barbie-style — housing campus for residents experiencing homelessness. The new community, named ...

San Francisco’s sprawling Golden Gate Park is about 3.5 miles long and claims the title of the third-most-visited park in the United States. It’s also a bit of a microcosm for the city’s homelessness ...

KATHMANDU — Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling conservationists and researchers looking for clues to its ...

Picture yourself walking through your neighborhood. You pass a woman on the street, sitting beside a cardboard sign asking for spare change. She is a stranger experiencing homelessness, and you don’t ...

Whether people are fleeing armed conflict or extreme weather, time is of the essence when it comes to setting up temporary shelters and getting people to safety. Simply put — when disaster strikes, ...

There is a sad reality behind the pomp and circumstance of Mardi Gras celebrations: for years, parade horses were brought into the city by horse brokers only to be sold to slaughter once the fanfare ...

As the cost of living spikes in tandem with homelessness rates across the country, various cities have begun exploring the idea of converting vacant spaces — like former shopping malls, defunct ...