Human Services

During her first semester at Southern Methodist University, Savannah Hunsucker went on a retreat with the other students enrolled in her leadership scholars program. The event took them away from…

More than 30 years ago, the Campaign for Fiscal Equity filed a landmark case against the state of New York, alleging that its school funding system violated the constitutional right…

As a novice teacher in 1999, I was grateful to have a colleague across the hall who was also new to the profession. We swapped stories, shared strategies, and commiserated…

When they voted earlier this year to let police officers use a dangerous form of restraint on students in schools, Minnesota Democratic lawmakers said they did so because they had brokered a…

College students working temp jobs while juggling studies may find it easier to transition to a post-grad job market that, according to a June report from Indeed Hiring Lab, seems to…

The coming “youthquake” in Africa is well-documented. Reports indicate Africa will account for two out of every five children born on the planet. According to The New York Times analysis of UN…

The Category 5 hurricane’s strength and rapid intensification were unusual for a storm so early in the year − and alarming in what’s expected to be a very active Atlantic hurricane season.

If you have no shelter and are arrested for sleeping outside, are you being punished for something you did – or for being homeless? On June 28, 2024, the U.S.…

Future of Fish is excited to announce the launch of the Artisanal Fisher Development Fund (the Fund), a pilot loan guarantee fund to facilitate access to credit to support formalization,…

Is public education the foundation of American democracy, as NEA President Becky Pringle tweeted earlier this spring? Well, no, not literally. The American experiment that started in 1776 long predated any sort…

‘Independent family farms are the bedrock of healthy rural economies,’ says Jordan Treakle of the National Family Farm Coalition.

As Israel’s offensive in Gaza rages on, people across the entire Gaza Strip find themselves in increasingly dire circumstances, with nearly the entire population experiencing high levels of food insecurity,…