Human Rights

Our Women’s Economic Empowerment strategy is based on the premise that much of economic policymaking, if it attends to women’s needs at all, tends to focus on changing women to fit into existing economic systems and structures, rather than seeking to change those systems and structures to better…

Immigrant chefs and cuisines are often constrained by Eurocentric definitions of what constitutes good food. As immigrant groups become more assimilated into US culture, so does their food.

More investment firms are considering how their investment decisions can better support economic and social well-being through gender lens investing (GLI). Firms investing with a gender lens raised $4.8 billion…

The Sweet Fern Savanna Land and Water Reserve, in the heart of Pembroke Township, Illinois, offers a glimpse into what much of the area looked like before European settlers drained…

The Nusantara Fund is part of movement to directly support Indigenous peoples and local communities worldwide.

To build an economy that loves Black people requires building an ecosystem that invests in and supports Black creative people throughout the US South.

As a doula in Georgia prisons and jails, Tabatha Trammell supports incarcerated clients through pregnancy, childbirth — and giving up their newborns.

Climate-caused flooding will increase in the next 30 years, causing billions of dollars of losses that will disproportionately affect Black communities in the United States, according to a new study.…

What does queer joy look like in this political moment? Three queer artists respond.

“I can’t breathe.” These words have become a rallying cry for protestors demanding racial equity and, in particular, an end to police violence against Black Americans. For environmental policy experts,…

The many personal, physical, and social impacts of natural disasters disproportionately affect Black people, new research shows. The paper, published in the journal Environmental Sociology, explains how disaster affects residency,…

Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most prominent abolitionists the world has ever seen. Alongside his extraordinary contributions as an influential speaker, writer and human rights advocate, Douglass…