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New research finds that implementing a $15 minimum wage boosts pay for low-wage workers and increases employment.

The sudden arrival of of thousands of asylum-seekers pushed the figure to an all-time high, even as overall enrollment has plummeted.

The benefits of friendship go far beyond having someone to confide in or spend time with – it can also protect you from physical and mental health problems. For example,…

A new study links long-term maternal exposure to common air pollutants, both before and after childbirth, to increased risk of postpartum depression.

Supportive housing does so much more than help families facing or at risk of facing homelessness access stable housing: it also helps them stay together, reduces time in foster care,…

The expansion of pretrial electronic monitoring across 70 counties threatens to undermine Illinois’ groundbreaking Pretrial Fairness Act, despite both the lack of evidence of EM’s …

Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance on Nov. 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were taken in acts of anti-transgender violence. The day…

When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true both when managers are biased against them and when they’re biased in their favor, according to a…

Top-down, transactional philanthropic funding has long been the norm, with donors determining their priorities and nonprofit beneficiaries being tasked with arduous proposal and reporting requirements to receive grant dollars. In…

At the COP26 climate summit, the leaders of Estonia, Tanzania and Bangladesh were the first to sign the Glasgow Women’s Leadership statement, calling for countries to support the leadership of women…

Police officers on patrol spend more time in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, a new study shows.