Human Rights

Riva Lehrer is no stranger to difficult times. Growing up with spina bifida in the 1950s and ’60s, Riva experienced a very ableist world where children with disabilities were often…

A controversial change in pretrial release policies in Chicago’s Cook County has resulted in lower jail and prison populations as crime totals have declined, a new study concludes. The study…

Although our extant knowledge of long COVID-19 remains limited, as more data becomes available some patterns are beginning to emerge that can help provide some perspective on the road ahead.…

At Sanctuary Farms on Detroit’s East Side, Jøn Kent and a team of volunteers use cardboard and paper bags to starve invasive weedy plants instead of using herbicides; they plant marigolds and…

The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) jointly released the latest estimates of immunization coverage rates around the world for 2021, which found that 25 million children missed…

In October 2022 the U.N. listed 7.6 million Ukrainian refugees across Europe, including 2.85 million in Russia—many of the latter were sent there by Russian occupiers and were subjected to a “filtration”…

The number of staff and people in leadership positions at U.S. foundations who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) continues to increase, an annual survey conducted by…

Over the years, people have reached out to me asking for recommendations for an Africa-based organisation to which they can give their funds. The first question, I typically ask back…

The United States leads the world in its use of solitary confinement, locking away in isolation more of its population than any other country. Every day, up to 48,000 inmates…

This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the 2022 Black Women Give List honorees. Carol Goss made a career of advocating for children and families disproportionately affected by inequitable…

Sandy’s Introduction “What kind of funding are you looking for, and do you have a budget for this year?” a staff person from a foundation asked me. We were talking…

As many of my superintendent and teacher colleagues can surely relate to, the last school year was the most challenging of my 23-year career. Our profession struggled to recover from…