Human Rights

This Women’s History Month, we are marking the progress being made towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 5, Gender Equality by highlighting an emerging theme in LISC’s lending portfolio: Gender Lens Investing. A fast-growing…

Organizations like ACTS — which center the needs of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color in their work — are making big strides on climate action. These efforts range…

For children living near U.S. highways, a transition to zero-emission electric vehicles will mean reduced exposure to dangerous exhaust.

Better-targeted policies and programs could boost Black homeownership and reduce racial homeownership disparities, despite high interest rates.

Persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change and the disasters resulting from it, yet they remain an afterthought in climate policies.

COVID-19 has made very visible how climate change will affect us all on a global scale, which has stirred renewed energy to ‘build back better’ through climate resiliency. Some of…

For years, Kristy Trautmann was the only one to speak up. Since 2010, she has been the executive director of the FISA Foundation, a small philanthropy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that…

Connectivity is a crucial first step toward digital equity. But to make internet access useful, digital literacy training is critical for the populations without regular online engagement.

Advocating for human rights is tough. Frontline activists put years of dedication and commitment to the deeply held belief that all people deserve a life of dignity. Yet for large human…

COVID-19 has made very visible how climate change will affect us all on a global scale, which has stirred renewed energy to “build back better” through climate resiliency. Some of…

The world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030. The Human Development Report’s Gender Inequality Index (GII)—a measure of women’s empowerment in health, education and economic status—shows…

“If we want a change, we have to be quite intentional. We’ve got to tell the damn truth that the system we currently have is oppressive.” That’s how Michael McAfee,…