Human Rights

A carbon offset project in Kenya is putting pastoralist culture and food security at risk, and likely isn’t offsetting emissions either.

Dozens of states have recently adopted or introduced laws or policies that take aim at critical race theory, commonly known as CRT. Critics say the orders threaten to undo years-long attempts to enrich lessons about the history of Native American students whose culture is at risk of vanishing from…

Since Hillary Clinton’s spearheading of what she called a “gender data revolution” in 2014, numerous initiatives have been launched to generate more and better data on the lives of women and girls.…

For the Voices of Truth campaign, FHI 360, Jefferson County Memorial Project and Kids in Birmingham 1963 worked with Blank Space Bham to create a mural about racial justice.

It’s not about making white children ‘feel bad.’ It’s about teaching them how to build a better future.

The findings, which appear in the journal Contraception, suggest that inaccurate knowledge of abortion laws could be an additional barrier to care in environments that are hostile toward abortion. “Women have…

Adults who were victims of gunshot, stab, and assault wounds as children had higher rates of PTSD, according to a new study.

Here’s what recent research tells us about the widespread benefits of spending on children. For employers Employers see benefits for their employees and businesses when families have child care and…

Disparate transfer enrollment declines pose stark demographic implications for four-year universities, experts say…

As citizens across Pennsylvania face economic struggles and inequitable public policies, Pennsylvania Stands Up is investing in people and developing them into powerful leaders. Carrie Santoro, executive director of Pennsylvania…

Home-based child care providers have been the “unsung heroes in the COVID-19 crisis,” as many stepped up to continue services despite nearly 40 percent of the child care workforce losing their…

Disciplinary transfers represent a large, yet hidden share of California’s exclusionary discipline practices, blocking students from their schools without the public reporting or due process protections that regulate expulsions.