Ex-head of U.S. Human Rights Campaign sues group, alleging racial discrimination
After the first Black president of the Human Rights Campaign was dismissed in September, he accuses the group of racial discrimination
Beijing Games are like IOC's reward to China for bad behaviour: Rippon
With the Beijing Winter Olympics underway, the US's first openly gay Olympic medalist Adam Rippon says the IOC needs to "step up" on human rights
U.S. school books - the latest LGBTQ+ rights battleground
Bills proposed in almost a dozen U.S. states seek to crack down on books and lessons with LGBTQ+ themes
Sale of animal-linked NFTs raises conservation funds for South African reserve
WildEarth, a wildlife streaming service, is minting NFTs linked to 25 prominent animals like Tlalamba on the Djuma Game Reserve in South Africa
OPINION: Sun, sea and sandboxes: What are crypto innovators testing in the Pacific?
The Pacific nation of Palau is kicking off a digital residency scheme for anyone wishing to become a crypto-citizen
Indian village banks on tree mortgages in bid to go carbon-neutral
Striving to earn the title of India's first net-zero village, Meenangadi is giving farmers loans they never have to pay back - as long as they keep their trees standing
Oregon Democrat Tina Kotek vies to become first openly lesbian U.S. governor
Tina Kotek wants to break down barriers for LGBTQ+ youth as the first out lesbian governor in the United States
Egypt's tuk-tuk drivers wary of plans for green streets
As Egypt launches an ambitious greening of its transport ahead of COP27, Cairo’s tuk-tuk drivers fear they’ll lose out
British police apologise for messages about rape, beating women and homophobic slurs
An investigation by the police watchdog finds a culture of bullying and "toxic masculinity" in Charing Cross Police, after sexist and homophobic messages
Defending the Amazon: How indigenous culture protects Colombia's rainforest
Indigenous communities are widely considered the best guardians of vanishing rainforests. From using farm plots later regrown as forest to looking at nature as having its own rights, here’s why that’s the case