Human Rights

We leave half the population behind when sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services don’t include men.

The United Nations’ latest report on hunger makes for grim reading. On April 24, 2024, the international body released its annual Global Report on Food Crises, showing that 281.6 million…

Authors of a new book on poverty point to how decades-old factors have turned parts of rural America into the country’s poorest places, where women today are often the most disadvantaged.

Native Americans have worked with nature to support themselves and the land for centuries. “These time-honored practices work with the natur…

In her 16 years working with CARE’s Humanitarian Team, Camille Davis has never seen anything so dire as the situation in Gaza. “And that’s because the situation is really so…

We are in a moment of awakening. As a nation, we are beginning to recognize the institutionalized bias and racism that impacts the lives of Black, Native American, and other…

“So many people who are in some of the worst situations humanly imaginable are the most optimistic and hopeful and resourceful people out there. If we put vulnerable people at…

How can a home help young people get a college education?

Programs that brought internet access to rural students are set to expire this month.

There are more than 110 million refugees and displaced people worldwide – the highest number on record since the United Nations’ 1951 Refugee Convention. That’s 110 million individuals, more than a third of which…

While reading, scrolling and focusing on other objects near our faces increase the risk of developing myopia, a little time outdoors in the sun can help mitigate it.

With the launch of the new book, The Social Justice Investor, LISC’s Christina Travers reflects on the ways that CDFIs have tapped the capital markets to deepen their impact—working to upend lingering misconceptions among some investors.