Human Services

Congress just missed one of its best shots at improving health when the Senate failed to advance a bill that would have raised the minimum wage to US$15 an hour.…

For Black youth, a police encounter by eighth grade predicts they will be arrested by young adulthood, but research finds the same is not true for white youth. Black young…

Amid police crackdowns on mutual aid efforts around housing, many activists are finding support in each other.

Child care providers and employees have kept our economy going during a time when the government, businesses and families have been focused on COVID-19 “rescue.” Now, as we move to…

The 2023 IPCC Synthesis Report emphasizes that fighting climate change requires changing the way we grow, transport, and consume food.

Despite availing schemes such as the PMJDY, women from low-income households are hesitant to save formally with banks. What can help their outlook change?

This bold plan takes the necessary steps to begin addressing our child care crisis. However, a portion of those funds should be earmarked to increase and support Black-owned child care…

NYC is beefing up career programs in education, technology, business, and health care. Officials are also offering hundreds of paid, three-year apprenticeships.

India is home to over 350 million working-age women, of which 128 million live in urban areas. Yet only 20% of working-age urban women are participating in the workforce. Increasing…

A deluge of plastic waste washed over the island of Batasan in Tubigon, Bohol in the aftermath of the country’s deadliest typhoon in December. The piles of debris are a…

Congress is considering President Joe Biden’s historic plan for transforming our social safety net, including the grossly underfunded care economy that includes the elderly, the disabled and young children. All sectors of…

The need for increased child care access and quality have never been more important, and the child care industry has never been more fragile. The Biden administration’s signature domestic bill,…