Human Services

State governments can improve job quality among Latina workers by expanding access to health care, retirement plans, and child care.

The gender pay gap might seem like an individual problem — of a man simply earning more than a woman because of merit, experience, or some other legitimate factor — …

Indigenous, Black, and queer farmers are buying land with the aim to restore and nourish nature along with their cultures and communities.

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Disasters have been a constant presence in the news this year, including devastating floods in Vermont and historically deadly wildfires in Hawaii. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, there have…

During the mid- to late-1960s, the main slogans of the African American social justice movements were “freedom now” and “Black Power.”  It was recognized that both political power and economic…

Thousands of down payment assistance programs already exist for prospective homebuyers, but programs targeted toward first-generation homebuyers could help households without intergenerational wealth.

Donna Lawson, a former school principal struggling with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, discovered the transformative power of medically tailored groceries—a cornerstone of the emerging Food is Medicine movement, in working with her…

Pursuing a college education without stable housing can have a devastating impact on a student’s chance of earning a degree. Homelessness can happen at any age, including to college students.So how can colleges use a Housing First approach to […]…

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Removing income requirements from the child tax credit led to a dramatic decrease in child poverty. We should apply that lesson to the earned-income tax credit, too.

Indigenous management and conservation of land are critical to protecting the world’s natural environment from increased degradation due to climate change, yet within the continental U.S., the colonization of Indigenous…

Voter suppression and bureaucratic barriers make voting in the United States harder than in most other developed nations, disenfranchising millions of Americans. As a result, higher-income citizens of the United…