Human Rights

Campus activists “shocked but not shocked” that schools are profiting from fossil fuels drilled and mined on stolen Indigenous land.

Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine has had devastating impacts on children’s access to education.Many schools were unable to reopen for in-person classes this fall, and some students struggled to access online classes due to ……

Rachel Carson and Greta Thunberg are household names, but the list of female environmentalists throughout history is long. Like many fields, the accomplishments of women in environmental work have often been overshadowed…

There are reasons to worry about our democracy.  We’ve been hearing about fake news, foreign interference, dark ads on Facebook, and political parties breaking electoral law. In the run up…

When we talk about the term “food justice,” I think there are lots of ways that people exclusively associate it with poverty and humans that have been forced to live in…

Some Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander families face unique barriers to accessing charitable food programs.

Latine business owners show significant growth. But year over year, investment numbers lag behind the trend. Organizations are setting out to close the gap.

Mercy Corps – with the support of Trisha Bury, a Strategic Response Manager – is helping Ukrainians feed, clothe, and earn for themselves rather than being passive recipients of aid.…

In the 1860s, American abolitionist Frederick Douglass noted that people invested in social change “endeavor to remove the contradiction” between “what ought to be” and “what is.” This contradiction seems…

Candid Blog | Learn about the challenges Black women and gender-expansive nonprofit leaders face, including a lack of trust–and the sector-wide implications of these disconcerting dynamics.

Reflecting on my first year as the inaugural Executive Director of the Phoenix Foundation, a Black-led non-profit organization dedicated to serving our Chicago community, I’m deeply entrenched in the complex dynamics…

To better understand how foundations broadly were responding to the Court’s rulings, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) conducted a survey of 280 foundation leaders in September through November 2023.…