Human Services

Regenerative farming in Greece can improve soil health, increase water retention, and even build resilience against wildfires.

This column explains new research on how food stamps in childhood can disrupt the intergenerational persistence of poverty, particularly for Black children.

Philanthropy can democratise credit for India’s 60 million micro-enterprises by supporting a new digital tool.The Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN) is a digital protocol being developed in India that has the potential to revolutionise ……

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole …

“It is understandable that Puerto Rico might be experiencing a strong case of déjà vu. Hurricane Fiona raging across the island in September 2022 was bound to bring back bad memories of the two-punch devastation of Hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017, from which they were still recovering.

The fashion industry could decrease its environmental impact by shifting its sources of revenue from material and energy to labor.

Health-tracking devices and apps are becoming part of everyday life. More than 300,000 mobile phone applications claim to help with managing diverse personal health issues, from monitoring blood glucose levels…

Records and interviews reveal a culture of cover-ups among corrections officers who falsify reports and send beating victims to solitary confinement.

A new conceptual model depicts the complex relationship between policing and population health. A specific police action, an arrest or a shooting, has an immediate and direct effect on the…

When Older Americans Month was established in 1963, only 17 million living Americans had reached their 65th birthday. A meeting in April 1963 between President John F.Kennedy and members of the National Council of Senior Citizens led to designating […]…

Experts say the hunger crisis in Somalia and Ethiopia highlights an urgent need for climate adaptation funding.

Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused nearly 12,000 disasters worldwide between 1970 and 2021, according to a World Meteorological Organization report.