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An annual report lays out what has changed for Black women’s representation in elected office — and what still has barely budged.

Photo by Tbel Abuseridze, Unspash Rural pharmacies have long served their communities as multi-service medical clinics, and many have faced …

“Immigrants in states with public insurance restrictions for postpartum immigrants are less likely to receive postpartum care.”…

HBCUs provide an environment where Black students don’t have to worry about their sense of belonging or encountering a cold reception…

The Donors of Color Network is working to get funders to increase their funding to BIPOC-led organizations working toward climate justice.

Bringing the question of movement economies to the fore not only helps shed light on the challenges in achieving structural economic change but also elevates the people who are making those changes in real time.

Smoke from Canada’s worst wildfire season once again drifted across the border into the U.S., prompting another round of air quality alerts.

More extreme rainfall and frequent storms are raising the risk that floodwaters could spill over dams, or that dams could fail.

As COVID and other factors decimate nursing profession, a Providence high school trains students to start their careers as young as 14.

Despite the presence of vaccines, excess deaths in year two of the COVID pandemic actually increased in rural areas, research finds.

Women led the effort to make Minnesota one of the latest states to implement a universal free lunch program, sparked by the federal government’s pandemic response during the 2021-22 school year.