Weather-induced disasters that are the result of climate change are increasingly affecting societies. One area that hasn't ...

A union of 650 tenure and tenure-track faculty at ISU is accusing the university’s administration of attempting to intimidate ...

South African authorities on Monday suspended rescue operations for an unspecified number of alleged illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine shaft west of Johannesburg due to safety concerns.

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to tackling illegal mining, which he says has significantly contributed to school dropouts in mining communities ...

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has reaffirmed his administration’s determination to combat illegal mining, which he says is a major factor behind the alarming rate of school dropouts in ...

Public hearings on 2025 legislative bills start at 1:30 p.m. CT (12:30 p.m. MT) daily in Lincoln’s State Capitol. Bill texts, related documents and hearing livestreams are available on ...

According to SEC.gov, Tesla relies on child labor to mine precious metals such as cobalt. Tesla is being sued for failing to address documented labor by children in its supply chain. The lawsuit ...

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...

As a child, Carter G. Woodson, the son of formerly enslaved and illiterate parents, endured the backbreaking labor of a ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

Republican Congressman Rich McCormick proposed in an interview that free school lunches be removed from schools and children ...