Human Services

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave American women the right to vote and was ratified in August 1920. In this the centennial year of this milestone in women’s…

Health care is growing less affordable for American adults—particularly women—with employer-sponsored health insurance, research finds.

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The news media cover humanitarian crises selectively. Events associated with clear, dramatic imagery, such as the 2020 Beirut port explosion, often receive intense global news coverage. By contrast, protracted humanitarian…

As Food Tank looks ahead to 2023, it’s important that we don’t just talk about the momentum of the food movement. We need to act upon it.

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There are three generalized strategies policy makers may use to drive societal change. But, how are policy makers to decide what combination of these three tools will work to best manage the wildfire challenge?

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On December 6, the D.C. Council unanimously approved a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, extending crucial recognition and labor protections to thousands of domestic workers. The legislation is expected to pass its…

Some forms of discrimination are not readily apparent, even to those it affects. Housing discrimination based on race is a case in point. It has been illegal for decades—this April…

One evening last September, Gavin Yamey, professor of global health at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, dined indoors and tweeted a selfie of himself and his two table mates—Chris Beyrer,…

Debate continues on Biden’s “Build Back Better” social infrastructure bill offering a historic expansion of child care and universal preschool. Early childhood education is a socially popular endeavor with strong bipartisan support and…

Forget the work-from-home revolution or quiet quitting: The Covid-19 pandemic’s biggest impact on the US labor market will be as a mass disability event. It’s a shock that the economy is…