Advocacy and Policy

“Not only have Black farmers received the least amount of direct loans of any ethnic and racial group over the past three years, but also that the number and share…

The White House had sought to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for borrowers with annual incomes under $125,000.

When the board of a foundation dedicated to innovation in healthcare delivery asked, “What could we achieve with advocacy?”, the question changed the entire trajectory of its philanthropy. Executive Director…

The night before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Tiffany Woods and Emmanuel Scott fled the city, driving 320 miles northwest with their four small children. The youngest was…

By a narrow margin, the Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a case over water rights in the drought-stricken US Southwest.

More than 11 million migrants who lack papers live in the United States, and many of them are ineligible for health coverage.

For many Americans, a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is beyond their reach.

Whether you’ve experienced anxiety, depression, disordered eating, schizophrenia or simply felt a period of prolonged loneliness and alienation, the issue of mental health touches us all. Against a backdrop of…

It would be hard to imagine a more challenging time than the present for the United States to confront a global public health crisis during which people are asked to…

Two disaster response experts mapped who gets FEMA buyouts and where they go. It turns out, they don’t go far.

A new study shows that decreasing greenhouse gases alone isn’t enough to save neighborhoods of color from toxic air pollution.

Single-use plastics are the product of a “disposable mindset.” A circular economy offers a more sustainable alternative.