Human Rights

The Sweet Fern Savanna Land and Water Reserve, in the heart of Pembroke Township, Illinois, offers a glimpse into what much of the area looked like before European settlers drained…

The Nusantara Fund is part of movement to directly support Indigenous peoples and local communities worldwide.

To build an economy that loves Black people requires building an ecosystem that invests in and supports Black creative people throughout the US South.

As a doula in Georgia prisons and jails, Tabatha Trammell supports incarcerated clients through pregnancy, childbirth — and giving up their newborns.

Climate-caused flooding will increase in the next 30 years, causing billions of dollars of losses that will disproportionately affect Black communities in the United States, according to a new study.…

What does queer joy look like in this political moment? Three queer artists respond.

“I can’t breathe.” These words have become a rallying cry for protestors demanding racial equity and, in particular, an end to police violence against Black Americans. For environmental policy experts,…

The many personal, physical, and social impacts of natural disasters disproportionately affect Black people, new research shows. The paper, published in the journal Environmental Sociology, explains how disaster affects residency,…

The US is home to more international migrants than any other country. But even though immigration is an actively debated topic, immigrants are poorly understood.

Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most prominent abolitionists the world has ever seen. Alongside his extraordinary contributions as an influential speaker, writer and human rights advocate, Douglass…

The idea of ‘social entrepreneurship’ has struck a responsive chord. … Though the concept of ‘social entrepreneurship’ is gaining popularity, it means different things to different people. … The language…

Despite millions of dollars in TV advertisements and countless hours of hyperbolic news coverage, last week, voters across the country rejected fearmongering about efforts to overhaul the nation’s broken criminal…