Human Rights

The night before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Tiffany Woods and Emmanuel Scott fled the city, driving 320 miles northwest with their four small children. The youngest was…

During his State of the Union address last week, President Biden discussed the historic, bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which, he suggested, will help the nation “withstand the devastating effects…

Here are four ways grantmakers can make sure all stages of their funding programs include the voices and perspectives of women.

Rafal-Baer: Fewer than 33% of the 500 largest districts have female superintendents, though most teachers are women. Some ways to fix that imbalance.

No matter their age, gender, ethnicity or locale, kids undergoing this therapy can make real progress in recovering from the most devastating traumas.

Here’s why that’s important for the environment.

In June 2020, when staff members at the organization I lead — the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) — asked me to designate Juneteenth as an office holiday, I…

By a narrow margin, the Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a case over water rights in the drought-stricken US Southwest.

June is Men’s Health Month, and while the focus is on men’s attitudes about their health, we’ve also been reflecting on the health sector’s attitudes about men.  Learn more.

Homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to risk another flood rather than move to a more diverse neighborhood on safer ground.

More than 11 million migrants who lack papers live in the United States, and many of them are ineligible for health coverage.

I talked with Abdul Dosunmu, who runs the Climate Justice Funders Pledge, about why BIPOC leadership is important to the climate fight, how transparency changes the behavior of foundations, and how to improve the relationship between environmental justice groups and big funders.