Annie Leonard, director of The Story of Stuff, says reusable water bottles and canvas shopping bags are not enough.

From "Romnesia" to "Right to Work," linguist Geoffrey Nunberg decodes political buzzwords of 2012, including his pick for Word of the Year.

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, concerned New Yorkers held a vigil to bring attention to gun control and corporate responsibility.

Yael Lehmann of Philadelphia's Food Trust explains how rates were reduced in one of America's poorest cities.

Representatives of several media advocacy groups delivered petitions opposing relaxation of media ownership laws.

If Congress doesn’t extend the unemployment insurance program at the end of the year, two million people would be cut off.

Asian Americans have shifted from supporting Republican candidates to overwhelmingly supporting Democrats. Have conservatives pushed them away?

Ai-jen Poo describes her efforts to provide basic protections for nannies, housekeepers, home health aides, and others whose work "makes all other work possible."

A recent visit to Spain revealed how some politicians, financial institutions and people there are responding in ways many Americans would like to see more often here at home.

A group of Occupy activists are raising money to purchase distressed debt and cancel it in a new initiative called the Rolling Jubilee.