Human Rights

The federal government has conducted the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module for more than 25 years. The data collected annually from about 50,000 U.S. households helps form estimates of…

Several cities and towns, mostly in the American Midwest and South, are responding to a surge of proposed and approved legislation that restricts gay and transgender people’s rights by declaring…

Every day, families across the U.S. have to make difficult decisions about budgeting, spending, insurance, investments, savings, retirement and on and on. When faced with these choices, financial literacy –…

​There’s been a Virtual Symposium on Menstrual Health and Hygiene in West and Central Africa. There’s a whole day internationally dedicated to Menstrual Hygiene, on May 28 each year. There are many reports on period…

In the face of the escalating climate crisis, a New Jersey organization has created a replicable shelter simulation model that makes temporary housing more inclusive for disabled people when disaster strikes.

In 1908 the U.S. government seized some 18,000 acres of land from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to create the National Bison Range in the heart of their reservation…

From reproductive health to disaster recovery and food insecurity, the National Climate Assessment pays special attention to how the climate crisis amplifies inequality.

Among adolescents, boys are more likely to die of an overdose than girls, and using combinations of drugs substantially raises the risk of an overdose.

To make real change, companies that support Indigenous communities should move beyond awareness to investment.

Gender-based violence (GBV) against women, girls and gender non-conforming people is a fundamental violation of human rights. 1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime but the rates of…

Street Business School (SBS) is an award-winning nonprofit, providing one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial training for women, proven to significantly increase incomes and lift families out of poverty with dignity. SBS has scaled…

For Indigenous people in the U.S., food is considered a sacred gift. Healthy and bountiful produce is received when we care for the land. Yet, with one in four Native…