Human Rights

When the Supreme Court outlawed the use of race in college admissions in June 2023, it forced colleges and universities to rethink how to maintain and increase diversity in their…

In 2014, McArthur “Mac” Hoang was released from prison and determined to rebuild his life. Hoang, the youngest of 10, is the only child born in America from a Vietnamese…

Most of the more than 600,000 people locked up in jails are detained pretrial, and therefore, legally innocent. And, in most states people detained in jails on a misdemeanor conviction…

Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is an essential building block to achieving gender equality, but it’s restricted globally. Families everywhere are trapped in cycles of poverty because they…

Green 2.0, a watchdog organization advocating for diversity in the environmental sector, in late February convened a panel of Black environmental justice leaders to discuss what it will take to…

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No, those photos you saw from past Climate Week NYC events and similar gatherings over the years weren’t washed out: They were just overall very white. Despite the data confirming…

A world where women are empowered is a better world for all. If women had unlimited access to all the positions we deserve —  as leaders, healers, scientists, writers, artists,…

As of 2020, millions of formerly incarcerated people in 13 states had recovered their right to vote. After the November general election, my co-reporter, Nicole Lewis, was curious to understand the impact formerly incarcerated…

Conflict, forced relocation and climate change have disrupted the lives of millions of people around the world. In Ukraine, for example, a year of armed conflict has resulted in the displacement of more than 13 million people and the destruction of much of the nation’s infrastructure, including…

For the study in the Journal of Research on Adolescence, researchers examined how structural oppression and anti-LGBTQ policies in individual US states intersect and can predict suicide risk. “Our research suggests…

In 2023, 24 states had laws or regulations in place prohibiting transgender students from participating on public school athletic teams consistent with their gender identity. These bans mean that a…