Forced arbitration is everywhere, unfair and inescapable. The use of arbitration is more predatory and secretive in some industries than in others, but it is nearly impossible for consumers navigate the minefield of forced arbitration in many everyday pr

Companies may be burying billions more in environmental liabilities than their financial statements show.

It is hard all over, but us older folks are getting it hard too. See just one reaction to the problem in this article.

This is hard for so many. At the age of fifty+ one needs employment as much as a twenty one year old. But this is the sign of the sad times we are in. One story is here...

ATLANTA and BANGKOK (May 12, 2009) -- One year after a major earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province, Habitat for Humanity is at work with a long-term and sustained rebuilding effort.

Habitat for Humanity International announces today a $100 million commitment by J. Ronald Terwilliger. The nine-figure legacy gift represents the largest donation from an individual in Habitat for Humanity's history.

In the desperate U.S. economy, some argue that legalizing and taxing marijuana could plug multibillion-dollar holes in U.S. government coffers.[!]

U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water -- contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked... cont...

United Airlines is cracking down on the wallets of overweight passengers.The airline says passengers who are too large to fit into a single seat, buckle the seatbelt, or unable to put down the armrests, will be forced to buy a second ticket or upgrade to

Newspapers produced and sold by homeless people in dozens of American cities are flourishing even as the deepening recession endangers conventional newspapers. At many of them, circulation is growing, along with the sales forces dispatched to sell the....