FRAIJANES, Guatemala – For years, Hernan Argueta's small plot of coffee plants seemed immune to the fungus spreading elsewhere in Central America. The airborne disease that strikes coffee plants, ...

In this May 22, 2014 photo, coffee producer Alexander Illescas shows a coffee leaf that has damage from the coffee rust fungus in Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala. The airborne disease strikes coffee plants, ...

New York City construction workers are taking a break. — © Digital Journal The Rust Belt is a sort of institution. The Rust Straitjacket now stretches nationwide ...

The economic forces that built American cities have disappeared. These fundamental economic changes left in their wake two types of places — those that adapted and those that did not. What caused them ...

I love cities. I love their energy, their vibrancy, the sights and sounds of people in action. I love seeing evidence of a city's character in its streets, architecture, food and language. I consider ...

The U.S. is still reeling from the wounds caused by the decline of its industrial and manufacturing base. It is a decline that has led to inequality, social division and political polarization, most ...

The salvation of US climate politics lies in reviving the economic fortunes of the American Rust Belt. These are also the battleground states in Presidential politics. This might motivate Democrats ...

(Reuters) - The Obama administration is teaming up with researchers from Texas to intensify the battle against a fungus that has caused $1 billion in damage to coffee plants across Latin America and ...

(Bloomberg Opinion) — I love cities. I love their energy, their vibrancy, the sights and sounds of people in action. I love seeing evidence of a city’s character in its streets, architecture, food and ...

I love cities. I love their energy, their vibrancy, the sights and sounds of people in action. I love seeing evidence of a city’s character in its streets, architecture, food and language. I consider ...