JFK Terminal 8—It is 9:22 a.m., and I am learning about consumer protections from a food-safety inspector who is on...

Here is something I don’t write about very often: a situation in which unpredictable, seemingly irrational politics saved millions of...

As wildfire smoke blankets large swaths of the eastern United States, many people are experiencing physical symptoms, like prickling, stinging...

Yes, it’s Global Running Day. No, you probably shouldn’t go for a run today. The New York Road Runners canceled...

IN APRIL 2020, Gales told me over the phone how he and his classmates, now confined to their cells most...

The 61-year-old woman lifted the laundry basket, then grimly eyed the steps up from the basement. The climb seemed to...

Ronnie Cummins, a ponytailed activist who became one of the country’s leading advocates for organic food and a leading critic...

Harvesting wild local produce in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park may not seem like the best idea. And yet, on a foraging...

Colorado’s defining features include glorious mountain peaks, vivid seasonal colors, skiing and a widespread compulsion to exercise and eat well. But...

For all the cats who share our homes as companion animals, there is a vast shadow world of strays —...