Human Services

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Thick smoke pouring in from Canada’s wildfires canceled baseball games and pushed air quality in major US cities to the worst in the world.

The drug pricing reform may drastically lower prices for some of the most critical life-saving drugs in the long run. But numerous obstacles stand in the way.

Today’s professionals are also very attuned to aligning their work with their values. This is even more pronounced with the younger generations in the workforce, Gen Z and millennials. According…

Interviews with unhoused people who’ve recently experienced opioid overdose indicate ways to approach places like “Mass and Cass” in Boston.

Tech titans are fostering new forms of digital colonialism, both within wealthy countries and on the global stage. But it’s not too late to build a digital economy that works for everyone.

When people taking part in 22 pilot programs across the US got free fruits and vegetables, their health improved.

Lack of information, poor transit access, and plain old boredom keep people away from public cooling facilities.

We need more storytellers to spotlight the humans behind our favorite products—and we need to recognize the people behind our favorite recipes.

The Community Food Navigator is a Chicago-based hub of resources and connections, helping communities work toward food sovereignty.

People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep their cool.

Two weeks ago, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) activated our organizational plan for the Hawai’i wildfires. We knew it would be devastating, but cell phone service and communications towers…