Human Rights

In summer 2012, my life changed. I was a 20-year-old college student with a bright future. I was fearless and ready to take the world by storm. All of …

Now nearly five months in, the situation in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels, with one in four households facing famine levels of food insecurity and severely limited access to safe…

All throughout U.S. history, there has been a backlash (or as some people say, a white lash) that seeks to erode or eliminate any advances for historically marginalized groups, following a…

When winter storm Uri hit Houston last February, widespread power outages resulted in residents going days without heat and electricity. Almost half of Texans lost access to clean drinking water. In the…

Despite a revived national focus on environmental injustice, one group remains largely ignored: disabled people, who make up more than 25 percent of the U.S population. Even the definition of…

How the media talks about suffering on one side compared with the other can often reveal bias in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict coverage, writes a scholar of media bias and the Arab world.

There’s been a concerning polarization of perspectives, behaviors and reactions to difference. Here’s how we can help minimize exclusion.

Climate change is a planetary phenomenon that will impact all people in all countries with heat waves, droughts, rising sea levels, and extreme storms. But the effects of this climate…

Indigenous communities in California are exposed to wildfire smoke particulate matter in amounts much greater than previously thought.

Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and urban areas hold leadership positions with…

Brazil is a complex place. It is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world.The Amazon Rainforest alone is home to 10 percent of all wildlife on earth, including plants and animals that ……

A commitment to racial justice means transforming conventional practices and embracing trust-based philanthropy.