Special Report

Barry Roma, a postal worker and a disabled Vietnam veteran, tells people not to be afraid of him. He is joking, sort of. He knows how veterans — and postal workers — are seen by many people, and luckily he has a sense of humor. By night, he works as a mail handler in Chicago […]

Going public about mental illness is not like revealing any other kind of disease.

For better and worse, the news media and entertainment industry shape public opinion about mental illness.

Online Extra: We have an unprecedented opportunity to prioritize safe drinking water and sanitation investments.

Online Extra: Often, in the water world, large changes can be made with simple, no-cost policy decisions.

Online Extra: The World’s First Water War.

Online Extra: The reality of drought will require tremendous resilience in adapting to the untoward impacts.

Online Extra: Many poor residents benefit from a creative enterprise between a family company and the government’s water agency.

Claustrophobes beware — every October or November, millions of Cambodians jam into their capital city, Phnom Penh, for a riotous three-day water festival, clogging the riverside boulevard that runs in front of the royal palace. Although Bon Om Touk is much beloved for providing opportunities to watch boat races, slurp fertilized duck eggs, and indulge […]

Now for the million-dollar questions: Why has so much of modern water management gone awry? Why is it that ever greater amounts of money and ever more sophisticated engineering have not solved the world’s water problems? Why, in so many places on this planet, are rivers drying up, lakes shrinking, and water tables falling? The […]