Colombia’s government has reported a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country’s Amazon rainforest for last year, ...

Illegal gold mining serves as both a lucrative criminal enterprise and a vehicle for money laundering. The Amazon region is exploited for illegal timber and wildlife trade, often linked to ...

Two Bennett County ranchers were taken straight from a courtroom to a jail cell in a case that involved mistreatment of cattle and false branding.

Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network fueling illicit gold mining in the Amazon.

Poor laborers were lured to the automaker’s cattle ranch in the Amazon and promised a better life. Brazilian prosecutors say many were enslaved.

Protests and events against President Donald Trump's controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people have started at more than ...

A report from environmental nonprofit Earthsight claims that leather hides sold to luxury fashion brands can be traced back to illegal cattle ranching and deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. In a ...

More protests are coming to North Carolina, Asheville included, on July 17. Here's what to know about the rights of protesters in the Tar Heel State.

Here’s what to know about the “Good Trouble” protests this week, who’s organizing them and a map of where the Florida protests will be.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order protecting immigrant neighborhoods from federal raids and established protocols for city workers and cash assistance.

Rioters Obstruct California Cannabis Farm Raid, Disrupting Rescue of Illegal Immigrant Minors ...

Police circled Kenya’s Parliament in Nairobi with barbed wire on June 25 and prepared to defend it with live ammunition and water cannons. One-third of a Church leaders near the Parliament ...