Human Rights

The Marshall Project and NPR investigated how the newest federal prison — the penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois — has quickly become one of the deadliest. The story is the latest in…

On the Hawaiian island of Moloka’i, residents—many of whom are Native Hawaiian—pay a high price for electricity: $0.41 per kilowatt hour compared to the United States average of $0.13. Though Moloka’i…

These social challenges constitute barriers for applicants that go far beyond the obvious professional hurdles. As a result, only few exceptional people from excluded communities choose to study and work…

In August 2021, a Facebook ad campaign criticizing Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the United States’ first Muslim congresswomen, came under intense scrutiny. Critics charged that the ads linked the…

June 16 — Youth Day in South Africa — commemorates the day in 1976 when black youth in Soweto rose up against the apartheid regime. In the U.S., it is…

Many of us may remember Spring 2020 as a continuous loop of sifting through the firehose of new information about the pandemic on our Twitter feeds, Facebook feeds, or Whatsapp…

As schools head into the final quarter, exhausted teachers and administrators are completing their third consecutive year disrupted by the pandemic. Assessments and other year-end data will provide a more…

A new opinion piece in The New York Times argues that rural America needs immigrant labor to survive and thrive. “Rural America has a growth problem. Business and industry desperately need workers, but the…

As philanthropy and civil society players, we are all trying to understand how we can improve our society and planet, and we should care greatly about technological developments that are…

In order to measure something, one must have a “standard”: an agreed-upon yardstick, so to speak, by which things are evaluated and compared. When measuring is extended from the concrete…

Abriendo Caminos (Opening Roads), aims to help Hispanic families lead healthier lives by weaving traditions and personal values into lessons on nutrition, physical activity, and family wellness. “A saying promoted throughout…

Women are the center of our economy, care systems, and essential work—yet they aren’t at the center of our policies, programs, and pandemic recovery plans. Over the last two years,…