Stories by Amanda Paulson

Amanda Paulson is a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor.

Bush's Parting Shots at the Environment Are Major

Last ditch efforts by Bush to undermine environmental policy will affect water, climate change, endangered species and public lands.

As the deadline looms, lawmakers make a last-ditch effort to resolve funding and policy disputes.

With nearly 2,400 inmates sentenced to life as juveniles, the U.S. is the only nation imposing the mandate on children.

A new book reveals the environmental battle raging across one of America's poorest regions.

Schools, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest, are looking more and more like they did during segregation.

The congressman from Ohio makes his second run for the White House, wanting healthcare for all Americans and peace for the world.

Today the US denies education to illegal immigrants, and in 20 years more workers will be illiterate.