Human Services

The very first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is “No Poverty.” It’s so important that SDG 8 further expands to cover “Decent Work and Economic Growth” – key factors in pulling…

The economic empowerment of a woman is the economic empowerment of a family and the communities that make up a nation. This powerful observation was shared with me by Ama…

Climate change and its related disasters have brought a new set of risks to homeowners, renters and the value of property—but also a chance for change. The multiple challenges posed by these disasters offer an opportunity to reevaluate our housing policy, especially concerning making traditional housing markets more effective and inclusive. Among the many sectors…

At the G7 summit and Bonn climate conference, world leaders failed to discuss “the cow in the room.”…

Spring 2024 was unnerving for people across large parts of the U.S. as tornado warnings and sirens sent them scrambling for safety. More than 1,100 tornadoes were reported through May…

Owners are struggling to retain employees who can’t find affordable or quality care. They want candidates to address the issue this election cycle.

Two years of disrupted learning due to the pandemic have widened longstanding educational disparities that placed youth of color and those from underserved communities at a disadvantage when entering the…

Seldom are there opportunities for high school students to connect the academic concepts they are learning in the classroom to the real world. As a result, too many students are…

Regenerative farming in Greece can improve soil health, increase water retention, and even build resilience against wildfires.

This World Refugee Day, let’s look beyond the numbers to understand the challenges refugees face in accessing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Every one of us has a role to play in helping address these obstacles through targeted measures such as legal advocacy, financial support,…

The Urban Garden Project aims to provide needed support for community food initiatives across the United States.

A traffic engineer argues that, contrary to his profession’s view, ‘human error’ is not the main cause of deaths in car crashes in the US.