Human Rights

The years of traumatic experiences put foster youth in a vulnerable position when they age out of the system at age 18. This blog post explores several approaches that the federal government, states, and other organizations have deployed to address […]…

People with dementia end up in hospital ERs 1.4 million times a year. Better caregiver support could prevent future crises.

The controversial – and often misunderstood – extracurricular groups tend to raise controversy. But under equal access laws, schools can’t discriminate against a club based on its point of view.

Many experienced professionals want to continue working in the years and even decades that follow the traditional retirement age. They want to stay engaged and productive and, in many cases,…

We could do more to allow these children to stay at home, instead of being forced into institutionalized care.

Research on developing brains has helped bring about a sea change in attitudes toward juvenile life without parole. But many people who committed crimes as minors are still serving such sentences.

“Volunteering… could serve as a simple intervention in all older adults to protect against risk for Alzheimer’s disease,” says Yi Lor.

Students in American K-12 schools are increasingly diverse. But that diversity is often missing in the teachers at the front of classrooms. That’s …

A post-growth system essentially says: Not only are we facing ecological limits, but the very systems that have been driving us into ecological overshoot are also unsustainable from a social perspective.

For nonprofits to address the patriarchal systems that restrict women’s land rights, they must engage male stakeholders in meaningful dialogue.

Across the country, advocates say, schools are removing students with disabilities from the classroom.

Last year, more than 45 million people – the majority of them women and children – were on the brink of starvation. As many as 222 million faced high levels…