Human Rights

After decades without, incarcerated people can now access Pell Grants. Here’s what to know.

Women fill the significant majority of teaching roles in schools, yet they hold fewer than a third of superintendent positions nationwide. School districts must enact deliberate programs to develop female leadership pipelines.

Many domestic violence survivors qualify for unemployment insurance, can take time off to go to court or can ask for workplace accommodations. But few even know those laws exist and fewer employers are following them.

The Washington Post graph, from OSHA data In a world that’s getting hotter, laws don’t protect most workers who are subject to extreme heat,…

The tech giant dedicated its homepage and $5 million to the history and future of woman-led climate science.

As temperatures rise in the US, so does the incidence of heat-related deaths, including heatstroke.

The rise in the city’s violent crime has a double impact: the loss of a life and the enduring trauma of violently losing a parent.

New Zealand’s reparations for the Māori people are an example the United States can follow in pursuit of racial justice for Black and Native American communities.

The Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action. But race-informed approaches to policy can still transform our institutions in ways that close equity gaps and benefit everyone.

With paid leave, older adults are spending less time looking after their grandchildren and more time looking after their parents.

FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis…

GlobalGiving conducted a trip to visit the local partners at the heart of our response to the war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.