Unclean water, poor sanitation, and lousy hygiene—and resulting diseases—combine with poor nutrition as the leading causes of young child mortality and stunting. 
Failure to treat water as a strategic, valuable, and limited resource is a direct threat to the global economy; the health of our planet; and the well-being of both current and future generations of humanity.
As extreme weather increasingly uproots communities and economies, leading experts Simon Dalby and Joshua Busby join Deep Dish to predict how climate change will affect foreign policy.
Although Congress has given greater resources to agencies that fight wildfires, we must go further: preventing or mitigating natural disasters must get the same resources and attention as our national security.
Lead doesn’t belong in water but it's showing up in Chicago’s water supply. A recent analysis found that hundreds of Chicagoans have been exposed to lead in their tap water.
Officials in Cape Town, South Africa, say they could soon be the first major city to run out of water. Michael Tiboris cites three reasons for this crisis.
Cities must step up when nation-states ignore the devastating impacts and economic costs of climate change, sea level rise, and environmental degradation.
