A report exposing the spreading opium fields in the north-eastern corner of the military-ruled Burma was produced by a team of ethnic women who risked their lives to document the heroin-filled world they inhabit.

Today, Haiti owes $1 billion to the international community for loans. But instead of insisting on repayment, the IMF and other lenders must forgive Haiti's debts so it can rebuild its ravaged country.

Residents sue county supervisors for approving expansion of a landfill they believe is poisoning the community, and causing birth defects in newborns.

Children's tooth decay is a "silent epidemic," a leading cause of school absenteeism, poor academic performance and behavior problems if left untreated, reports NAM health editor Viji Sundaram. February is children's dental health month.

Luis Gutierrez, the main Congressional supporter of progressive immigration reform, is joining other advocates in expressing frustration with President Barack Obama's lack of action on immigration.

Obama cringed in horror at the absurd notion that he is a Marxist. But tossing the damaging political label at him is more than just a calculated political ploy to smear and taint Obama. It taps into the deeply held belief that Obama can and will actually mug the rich.

For the first time Haitian Americans are polled on their reactions to the political response to the earthquake in Haiti.

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address is a testimony to the power of we: we, who dared to dream breaking the centuries-old color barrier at the White House was possible.

It’s 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 15th at the Oakland Marcus Book Store on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. The owner, Dr. Raye Richardson is not in the store today, but the three generations of the Richardson family are all there and working.

Former gang-members have teamed up with a non-profit outreach organization to offer a look at the inner city by conducting gang tours in South Central Los Angeles.

NATO's hybrid plan for security in Afghanistan is rife with paradoxes. But it also has the reluctant support of various constituencies who are at odds with each other. Here is a report from the international conference on Afghanistan in London last week.

A leading researcher says low-income students have been hit the hardest by California's budget cuts, and that the much lauded, federal Race to the Top competition among school districts will do little to help students receive what they need most: a high quality public education.

Latino leaders in California's Central Valley grade the president on his first year in office after this week's State of the Union. Traducción al español

Vida en el Valle preguntó a los latinos del área cuál es su impresión de Obama.

UC Berkeley Professor Percy Hintzen says to understand the devastation following Haiti's earthquake, you have to understand the Caribbean nation's important role in modern history.