Human Rights

A new study details how “the Black tax” in municipal bonds forces Black communities to pay more for infrasture.

LGBTQ kids across the country have had to learn about their history from sources beyond textbooks and classrooms.

There is a troubling injustice in America’s Black rural South: the same communities that played a disproportionate role in building the nation’s wealth face the highest levels of poverty today.…

It is unequivocal: Human activities have caused the climate crisis and human activities are absolutely vital to prevent further, worsening catastrophe. We need to act urgently. We need to act…

To combat a workforce shortage that continues to plague Connecticut, a leading child advocacy group is recommending that the state turn to people leaving incarceration to help fill the void.

Social factors, not hypertension or obesity, may explain why Black Americans are more likely to die of heart disease than whites.

Children living within 1 mile of at least one natural gas well were 5 to 7 times more likely to develop lymphoma, a Pennsylvania study found.

On a drive home from the movies, Jessica and Kayla Weissbuch came up with an idea: Combining summer camp and development for LGBTQ+ youth. A series of conversations followed —…

As a relatively new entrant to philanthropy, I was recently asked about my attraction to and assessment of the field. Uncharacteristically, I found it challenging to articulate a response. Days…

Reduced staffing means nursing home residents make more unnecessary trips to the hospital.

This June marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which invested substantial federal dollars in Tribal Nations, and it was followed by the Inflation […]…

Mental health care is critical for survivors, but access often comes with a slew of challenges.