An unseasonably sweltering heat wave is forecast to hit large swaths of the United States over the course of this week, bringing record temperatures across the Southeast and northern Plains. The ...

At least 65 percent of urban areas in 25 major cities are sinking, with some local spots dropping by about two inches a year, ...

More than 38 million people live in poverty in the United States—the wealthiest country ... a particularly brutal toll on people of color in the Gulf states. Oxfam America has worked in the region ...