Human Rights

Older people and Disabled people are among the most at risk from heatwaves and flooding.

A recent study suggests that learning about climate migration can trigger xenophobia. Experts say there’s another way to talk about it.

When it comes to reducing flood risk, FEMA’s home buyout program is working. It may also be fueling segregation.

Many former inmates struggle with mental health and substance use disorders. Appropriate treatment for these illnesses can be what stands between successfully reintegrating into society and returning to a life…

The sustainable bonds market has exploded in recent years, with the issuance of green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked bonds doubling in the first half of 2021 alone. For issuers, these bonds…

In a webinar hosted by The Conversation, “Women’s Transformative Power in Higher Education and Beyond,” current leaders discussed how their predecessors have shaped higher education.

Concern about mental health has skyrocketed since the COVID pandemic. In May of this year, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general of the USA, issued an advisory about another pandemic, one that preceded…

Native Americans sent to government-funded schools now experience significantly higher rates of mental and physical health problems than those who did not.

A look back to the 19th century puts contemporary cultural appropriation of Indigenous spiritual practices and healing in context.

Black and Hispanic patients are 14% more likely to have judgment language in their home health care notes than are white patients.

“The pervasive influence of the law of slavery on contemporary American law raises hard questions,” says Justin Simard of the Citing Slavery Project.

Building on data from the Prison Journalism Project, we find that most states enforce restrictions that make practicing journalism extremely difficult and sometimes risky.