Human Services

The America’s Promise Alliance, founded by Colin and Alma Powell, marked its 20th anniversary with the Recommit to Kids Summit in New York. At the summit, Raikes Foundation co-founder Tricia…

This study presents the findings of a survey of Hispanics/Latinos ages 50 and older regarding several key areas of social and community involvement, including: This national address-based telephone survey of…

In her book Raised Healthy, Wealthy and Wise, author Coventry Edwards-Pitt demonstrates how the “wealthy” aspect of this trio can make it difficult for children to develop into purpose-driven, independent and successful…

Across the U.S., students line up daily at school cafeterias where options of fresh and nutritious foods are sparse. For Fatma Zubeir, an 18-year-old senior at Highline Public School’s Evergreen…

His two feet pulsating in pain from series infections that had set in, Jim, a Vietnam veteran, resorted to living in the trees of a Kirkland area greenbelt. It hurt…

Andela is expanding in Uganda. The technology training and job placement company, which recruits African software developers and places them at global companies ― completed its first recruitment cycle in Kampala.…

TPW members recently travelled to India and here are the reflections from one member of that trip: Traveling to India opened a new window into a vibrant and transforming country.…

The saying is all too familiar: Do the crime, do the time. But in America’s age of mass incarceration, millions of children are suffering the consequences of their parents’ sentences…

“Ideas can and do change the world,” says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about the idea’s 500-year history and a…

Expanding government is frequently seen as good for those in need. Limiting government is often portrayed as hurting them. The reality is that, in many cases, government policy can make it more…

America’s foster care population has swelled to 428,000 children — its largest size since 2008, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. More children in foster care means that more…

The nation’s unemployment rate has turned stagnant, and it is unclear how to best address it. Traditional fiscal and monetary policies enacted by the government are not working as expected.…