Millions of people in the developing world lack toilets. And that can have serious consequences. Human waste out in the open is a major cause of stomach illnesses and child mortality. From Nepal, ...

TOWARDS ADDRESSING A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE. I’M GLAD THE DA AND THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN THEIR MEASURES AGAINST THIS ACTION. 35 YEAR OLD MARCEL SIMMONS IS NOW IN CUSTODY, MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER HE DEFECATED ...

Old Station Subs owner Joe Faillace gave an update on the homeless crisis in Phoenix, Arizona, after he won a legal battle to clear a homeless encampment outside his restaurant. "I think it's a ...

A latrine shelter with a floodwater mark about 4 feet above ground level, leading to toilet dysfunction, in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia. Author supplied/iDE Cambodia, CC BY Everyone knows that ...

KALAMAZOO, MI-- The Kalamazoo City Commission’s recent decision to decriminalize urination and defecation in public has drawn the ire of some local business owners and brought the question, “Where can ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Recently, some uptown Charlotte residents petitioned the Charlotte City Council to make ...

A popular San Francisco food hall, La Cocina, is closing after some restaurateurs are claiming that the sidewalks outside the hall are too full of drug dealing, public defection and crime to allow for ...

Kalamazoo, Mich., business owners are furious after city leaders voted to decriminalize public urination, defecation and littering, among other offenses, all under the guise of “equitable changes.” ...