Fifty-five percent of the global population lacks access to safe sanitation, a deadly global health disparity that rarely finds its way into the spotlight. In this episode, we examine the scope of the ...

Doulaye Kone, interim director of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, shows off a high-tech toilet featured in the “A Better Way to Go” exhibit. (GeekWire ...

We send our children off to school hoping for the best. Facilities that ensure the health and well-being of their staff and students is so important. We give a lot of attention to the education that ...

Sanitation is one of the most pressing social and public health challenges today. 1 in 3 people worldwide do not have access to a safe toilet — and 892 million people have no choice but to defecate in ...

As many construction workers can attest, inadequate sanitation efforts continue affecting workers even when they’re off the clock. A study revealed construction workers have been exposing themselves ...

The 1968 action led to greater economic mobility for Black workers. Today, union activists are trying to capture some of that spirit. By Kurtis Lee Reporting from Memphis This article is from Headway, ...

Just over a month after the Sanitation Department had its budget cut by millions, New Yorkers are beginning to see the effects. Throughout the city people are noticing trash overflowing wastebaskets, ...

A surge in residential trash during the pandemic strained city sanitation crews. The pandemic has abated, yet the workforce hasn’t recovered. Some city residents say they are fed up with delayed trash ...