Human Rights

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, countries use over 80 percent of their water resources in agriculture, according to a U.N. Children’s Fund report. As climate change and…

The recently released 2022 Census statistics reveal two converging facts about the U.S. population: It is aging, and, simultaneously, becoming increasing racially and ethnically diverse. Indeed, according to a Census news…

During the pandemic, public schools were able to provide free meals to all students, regardless of income, due to federal waivers. Starting this fall, that access is going away for…

There’s a growing concern worldwide that the traditional method of allocating research funding through competitive review of grant proposals is too risk-averse. Faced with several times more applications than they…

Just like other momentous occasions in history, a likely topic of future conversations is “Where were you when the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade?” As it turns out, I…

The Buffalo supermarket shooting that killed ten Black Americans thrust the idea of “replacement theory” into the public consciousness. The shooter believed that an increasingly diverse society was forever altering…

In our classrooms at Woodland Pond School, we use the KWL discussion framework to introduce new ideas. It stands for Know Wonder Learn and allows students to explore concepts from a place…

On June 6, a 41-year-old woman was attacked by a tiger while she was collecting firewood in a forest in Nepal’s Bardiya district, a key habitat for endangered Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris…

Gender-neutral internet searches yield results that nonetheless produce male-dominated output, according to a new study. These search results have an effect on users by promoting gender bias and potentially influencing…

The City of Chicago is the undisputed gun violence capital of America. Last year, the city saw nearly as many shootings and killings as New York and Los Angeles combined,…

In August 2021, when my 62-year-old mother said hello on FaceTime, she was holding the side of her jaw, grimacing. She was in anguish, but kept repeating, “I’m OK, I’m…

The term white supremacy makes me uncomfortable. I started hearing it more frequently around our foundation a few years ago – from the staff, partners and others in our sector.…