Human Services

A risk expert explains how to read the heat index and interpret extreme heat warnings, and how to stay safe.

When university administrators accede to donor demands, they punish students for enacting the core values and principles their institutions profess.

In the mountains, heavy downpours can be devastating, especially when storms hit back to back. .

Housing policies established more than eight decades ago that effectively trapped people of color in low income and segregated neighborhoods continue to affect the health of residents to this day,…

Framing dissent and poverty as a menace to public order can threaten fundamental rights, particularly when it’s used to justify the deployment of predictive technology.

Efforts to prevent homelessness can work, according to a new study that shows emergency financial assistance can keep people housed.

If we warmly welcome refugees and migrants into our communities, we can transform lives and create a better reality.

Although housing is a basic human need, affordable housing is increasingly difficult to attain for many Americans. Housing is considered “affordable” if it consumes less than 30% of a household’s…

New York City’s plan has garnered the most attention – and criticism – but several cities are expanding their own intervention programs.

Desperate Afghans clinging to the sides of a US military aircraft taking off at Kabul’s international airport are among the most harrowing images to emerge since Taliban fighters swept through the country…

Amid a surge in gun violence across the United States, funders increasingly are supporting collaborative community violence intervention (CVI) efforts, which can include hospital-based intervention, street outreach, and intense mentorship…

As rates of food insecurity continue to skyrocket in the United States, many households facing this issue are not accessing the resources already available to them. This is in stark…