With noses trained to find species by scent, these dogs work alongside scientists to help protect rare plants and animals.

As ICE activity escalates across the country, clinicians and community leaders say anxiety is surging in a community already bearing the scars of trauma.

A new lawsuit seeks to decriminalize the work of midwives banned from providing care amid a worsening maternal health crisis.

After Helene, mothers held their infants tight as they swam to safety. Held their toddlers close as tree limbs crashed through their roofs. Held their teenagers fiercely after witnessing death. From raging fires to record floods, more families across the U.S. are experiencing devastating impacts of the climate crisis. We went to North Carolina to see how mothers carry on when their world comes crashing down. Sometimes they hold each other.

For years, right-wing extremists have abused the courts to reshape American policy. Democracy Forward has stepped up to fight back for abortion access, labor rights, freedom of speech, and basic democratic freedoms in courtrooms across the country. They say there’s no community too small to be worth fighting for.

A queer Black doula from Albany, Georgia. A white business consultant and mother of four with deep New Orleans roots. On paper, Park Cannon and Aimee Adatto Freeman don’t appear to have much in common. But in state capitols 500 miles apart, both are working to make pregnancy and birth a little safer in their states, which are home to some of the worst maternal mortality rates and strictest abortion laws in the country.