Human Services

“We invest in flood zones more than safe zones,” says the author of a report that finds construction in such areas has jumped 122 percent.

A partnership between after-school provider NY Edge and Columbia University researchers aims to help kids better navigate ‘food swamps,’ or areas with few healthy food options.

Over the last few months, Tanisha Burton has developed respiratory issues for the first time in her life. Her shortness of breath landed her in the emergency room in April,…

“If one group gets all the pollution and another group gets all the jobs, it’s not really a trade-off anymore.”…

Reproductive justice – including access to safe and legal abortion – is foundational to eradicating poverty in this country. Research shows that those who are forced to carry out unwanted pregnancies are…

Finding funding for a new business venture can be challenging under any circumstances, but underrepresented groups, such as women and people of color, often face additional hurdles. On March 26,…

Two years after a public housing complex was hit by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, residents are still without answers on what comes next.

Explore the current financial trends putting pressure on nonprofits and the three financial data points that funders should keep top of mind right now.

What’s the best way for small individual investors to generate returns and deliver impact?(Spoiler: It’s probably not an ESG fund.)…

Latinas are more likely to be child care providers and to have children in the home who need care. The end of federal funds could hit them hard.

The storm that brought a deluge of rainfall to New Jersey and New York on Sept. 29 was made 10 to 20% wetter due to climate change.

Did the Green Revolution, which brought high-tech agriculture to developing nations in the 1960s, prevent famine? Recent research takes a much more skeptical view.