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Lessons from electoral campaigns that built power for structural change…

The Washington Post graph, from OSHA data In a world that’s getting hotter, laws don’t protect most workers who are subject to extreme heat,…

FDA approval for Opill could make oral contraception far more accessible—but it’s just one piece of a larger conversation.

The tech giant dedicated its homepage and $5 million to the history and future of woman-led climate science.

Decentralized water recycling systems are a leading strategy to make water use more sustainable.

Vermont experienced severe flooding from remnants of Hurricane Irene in 2011, so this isn’t completely foreign to them. I’ll admit my surprise, though, viewing the photos and videos of the rushing…

The rise in the city’s violent crime has a double impact: the loss of a life and the enduring trauma of violently losing a parent.

The Montgomery County, Maryland, school district has been rolling out restorative justice in the schools, to mixed reviews.

The Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action. But race-informed approaches to policy can still transform our institutions in ways that close equity gaps and benefit everyone.

The Journal of Family Psychology recently published an MDRC study that examined the impact of the Child First home visiting program during the pandemic. Findings suggest that Child First was able to adapt to address the needs of families as their lives were upended by COVID-19.

Americans are feeling the strain of the rising cost of living as worries about a recession grow. A study from the American Psychological Association’s 2022 Stress in America Survey reports…

Social change takes time, and it is never a linear process. It also happens within an ecosystem, and rarely comes down to a single grantee partner or foundation. If we…