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The number of people enduring unsheltered homelessness rose in most communities across the country last year. Homelessness response systems are working diligently to rehouse people but they face an uphill climb due to increasing…

All throughout U.S. history, there has been a backlash (or as some people say, a white lash) that seeks to erode or eliminate any advances for historically marginalized groups, following a…

Students who missed at least 30% of school in the prior year improved their attendance by five days — a small, but promising finding, experts say.

The practices of trust-based philanthropy require grappling with deep-rooted inequities while living values in action.

When winter storm Uri hit Houston last February, widespread power outages resulted in residents going days without heat and electricity. Almost half of Texans lost access to clean drinking water. In the…

Despite a revived national focus on environmental injustice, one group remains largely ignored: disabled people, who make up more than 25 percent of the U.S population. Even the definition of…

An excerpt from From Generosity to Justice on the spectrum from comforting the afflicted to afflicting the comfortable.

Creating ‘happy schools’ with open spaces, greenery and natural light can make them places where students feel joyful, safe and supported.

How the media talks about suffering on one side compared with the other can often reveal bias in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict coverage, writes a scholar of media bias and the Arab world.

There’s been a concerning polarization of perspectives, behaviors and reactions to difference. Here’s how we can help minimize exclusion.

At Health Care Without Harm, we have worked with partners around the world to launch a global movement to get the health-care sector to zero emissions. Our experience provides lessons for forging global change to reverse the climate crisis.

Indigenous communities in California are exposed to wildfire smoke particulate matter in amounts much greater than previously thought.