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The US has seen many state bills limiting transgender rights this year. Activists say everyone should be alarmed.

Buher & Friedlander: Educators are making decisions about emerging technology without answers to basic questions about the benefits and dangers…

Nonprofit people create and sustain the organizational capacity of nonprofits. So there’s a natural connection between organizational “capacity-building” and what Fund the People calls “talent-investing” (intentionally deploying capital to support…

For many child-care providers, COVID-19 has led to large enrollment drops, heightened costs, and staffing challenges. For some, it has meant closure. In a recent statement, President Joe Biden called out the “acute, immediate child…

What is the role of business? I think it is fair to say that Milton Friedman’s (in)famous statement from 1970, “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits,” is falling…

Inflation hit rural household budgets harder throughout much of 2022, but the rural-urban gap evened out by the end of the year, a report shows.

With child care, homeless families have a better chance at finding secure jobs, housing…

This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. These short courses offer students the opportunity …

Recognizing the value farmers bring to the table, CORAF is working with them directly to build resilience in West and Central Africa.

A wholly-sustainable plastics industry is possible, researchers say. A new study shows what’s needed to make it a reality.

Home is where the inequality is, a new survey has revealed. A new poll for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour found that 75 percent of women feel most unequal in their…

Congress just missed one of its best shots at improving health when the Senate failed to advance a bill that would have raised the minimum wage to US$15 an hour.…