Human Rights

A campaign to free Black mothers from pretrial detention highlights the role that women play in helping one another navigate a dehumanizing system.

A large study comparing Vietnam War-era military veterans who became eligible for disability compensation with ineligible veterans found that eligibility for compensation was associated with substantial reductions in hospitalizations—an important…

While Lewis Hine’s early-20th century photographs of working children compelled Congress to limit or ban child labor, the US Department of Labor is now under fire for failing to enforce these laws.

It seems that more and more teens are identifying as transgender, gender-fluid or nonbinary. But because linguistic and cultural norms are always evolving, it’s been challenging to pin down an…

The 42-page document provides guidance for educators on the correct terminology to use for gender identity and how to support students who are coming out at school or want to transition.

On Wednesday, we marked another Equal Pay Day, the point in the year when women have finally made what men made in 2020. And that’s just the average across all women…

A new report from the American Lung Association shows that more than 4 in 10 Americans live with polluted air — 135 million people living in 217 counties. This pollution hits communities…

In cities and counties across the country, summer youth employment programs (SYEPs) stand out as some of the largest and most high-profile youth workforce development initiatives around. At least, they…

Pride Month is being marked by some lawmakers in Kentucky with a renewed push to ban “conversion therapy – the discredited practice of trying to change someone’s sexual orientation or…

Funding for groups working on LGBTI issues has been growing steadily – according to a report from the Global Philanthropy Project, it grew by three percent from 2019 to 2020. However, it’s…

When talking about food insecurity in the United States, the conversation cannot continue leaving seniors behind.

DE Design + Environment is an environmental consultancy, design atelier, and a technology company that works around the world. The company was incorporated in Vancouver and launched in Montreal, Quebec, in…