An impoverished region in Puerto Rico has long been under assault from environmental and social injustices. One remarkable woman is working to make sure the voices of disenfranchised local people are heard.

The promise of concrete action is appealing to a populace that feels like it’s stagnating. But making without thinking is a brutish strategy.

An unwitting traveler finds himself on a tour of one of North Africa’s largest underground attractions.

Conservationists have long worried about the effects of subsistence hunting on animal populations in the Amazon. But species resilience and local knowledge complicate the story.

The notorious C-squat has become a kind of “house society” in which people are tied together by their connection to shared property and communal history. But can it survive going legit?

Well before his inauguration, Trump’s incoming administration and Cabinet picks were breaking down definitions of conflict of interest and stretching the bounds of normalcy. Far from “draining the swamp,” Trump has added to it.

The gentrification of formerly affordable accommodations has meant big changes in the world of low-budget travel.

The ancient Indian ascetic practice of detachment from worldly goods looks a little like modern simplicity—but appearances can be deceiving.

For the simplicity movement to effect meaningful social change, it needs to bridge the divides within.

To live more simply means getting off the treadmill of mindless consumerism.