Human Rights

The Marshall Project explains its decision to offer free news to incarcerated people on tablets that otherwise charge users.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) has long been veiled in silence and taboo. But thanks to grassroots activists, massive progress has been made to end it.

The words “Indigenous feminism” can be triggering in Indigenous communities. I’ve read op-eds in the Navajo Times saying “feminism is against our culture,” and when I do workshops on the…

“Our findings suggest that diversity training as it is currently practiced is unlikely to change police behavior.”…

A study of medical costs and income losses found that those who can least afford to pay for health care and miss out on their paychecks rack up the biggest bills.

Jurors can perceive events in a video in different ways – one of which depends on how the evidence is presented in court, a media scholar explains.

There is always a glass-half-full aspect to grantmaking: While we are proud of what our grants have helped accomplish, we recognize that we can always do better. Looking back on…

On his first day in office, President Biden signed an executive order acknowledging the toll of structural racism in the United States and initiating a data-driven approach to advancing racial equity. As part of…

A new report says Indigenous management plays a key role in protecting Canada’s waters.

The fact is that if you want to build teams or organizations capable of innovating, you need diversity. Diversity enhances creativity. It encourages the search for novel information and perspectives,…

Employee well-being is intrinsically tied to workplace performance and engagement. Leading employers recognize that the health and wellness of their workforce can impact success and business outcomes, which has contributed to…

Medicine works better when the treatments are tailored to fit each individual person’s biology and history. A first step is increasing diversity in clinical trials, but the end goal is precision medicine.