Democracy

At A Woman’s Choice in Jacksonville, staffers treated a surge of last-minute patients before the May 1 deadline. Now, they will have to refer most of them out of state.

Lucy was born with a motor disability and uses a wheelchair. She grew up in a small community outside San Luis Potosí in Mexico and is the youngest of 10 children.For most of her ……

The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people displaced or homeless. For many of them, it will…

For decades, big-box retailers have evaded federal regulation of the pollution their operations generate. But a new air emission rule in Southern California could become a model for state controls.

Making motherhood accessible for all requires moving away from punitive models—including foster care—that criminalize poverty.

Hospitals across the country have long operated under the same federal law that says they must treat and stabilize all patients when they have a medical emergency. But in states…

In 2021 alone, 20 separate climate-related disasters cost the United States more than $145 billion. Scientists warn we must halve harmful emissions by the end of this decade to avoid mass human suffering, meaning…

Over the past decade, researchers and evaluators of community-based programs and policies have increasingly recognized the value of lived experience as expertise and evidence and have expanded use of community-engaged research methods (CEM). They…

All countries now have policies, but not all work as intended. Some drive trade-offs or lead to spillover impacts elsewhere, but there are many examples of successful stories.

Florida’s ban takes effect May 1 and the fate of Arizona’s abortion access is in the throes of legal, political and legislative battles.

It can be difficult to see the bright spots in this challenging year, but for those of us who work to engage college students in civic life, it has been…

Throughout our nation’s history, race and welfare have been linked in public discourse, with perceptions of race and poverty shaping who gets to benefit from social and economic policy and who…