This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. US sex-education policy is predominantly decided by state governments and has historically supported abstinence-only programs, which can create a hostile environment for LGBTQ students and threaten the health and wellbeing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By now, most people paying attention to the U.S. criminal justice system have heard about problems with the overuse and misuse of local jails. Chief among these problems are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past few decades, organisations and movements working on human rights have become more aware of the pervasive and systematic attacks against human rights defenders, including the particular challenges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Air pollution contributes to as many as 9 million premature deaths worldwide each year – twice as many as war, other violence, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Fine particulate matter…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The city of Philadelphia is seeking ideas on ways it can use augmented reality (AR) technology to make its Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) public transportation system more accessible for people with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Freedom House is the only organization in the country to provide free services to asylum seekers, and 90% of residents leave self-sufficient. They began the LGBTQ+ Bridges Program “without really knowing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More older Americans are able to meet their daily care needs without assistance, a report shows, but concerning gaps remained for older Black and Hispanic people. According to the report,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Four out of five children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem whose homes have been demolished by Israeli authorities say they have lost faith that anyone can help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Derrick Johnson had a makeshift mask. He had the spray bottle of bleach and extra soap that corrections officers provided. But he still spent every day crammed in a unit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Picture this: two babies born on the same day, maybe even within the same hour, at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. One baby, born to a Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has laid bare what the disability community has been telling us all along: current systems have failed people with disabilities because they were not created with disabled people in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As coronavirus sweeps our nation it has brought deep-seated health inequities, including those linked to incarceration, to the forefront. Overcrowding and poor sanitation are putting prisoners at risk now more…