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This blog outlines four key reasons why quantifying what it means to be a BIPOC-led organization is more difficult than you’d think.

In low- and middle-income countries, persisting gender discrimination and harmful gender norms mean adolescent girls living in poverty are often the most vulnerable to the least visible impacts of climate…

A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism, based at the University of Kentucky.
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Op-ed: Global solutions to climate change must be paired with hyperlocal, community-driven strategies to make a real difference.

GlobalGiving Community Voices Fellow Sia Fred Towo says period poverty is not just a women’s issue. We need to address it as a society.

Native American families have endured generations of systematic child removal, but the grief, loss and trauma that birth mothers still experience have been largely overlooked.

STEM PhD holders with disabilities are underpaid and underrepresented in United States academia, a study finds.

Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson discusses her approach to leadership and embracing “concepts of disruption” ahead of an existential election year.

At any given time, 800 million women, girls, non-binary people, and transgender men around the world are menstruating. Yet, menstruation is still a taboo topic and one cloaked in many myths, especially…

When you perform qualitative interviews with the general public, you realize two things very quickly: The world is not black and white, and people for the most part are torn…

The transportation sector is the largest single generator of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. One big reason: Americans drive a lot, rarely use other forms of transportation, and emit a…

When hurricanes hit, it’s easy to show the damage: downed power lines, uprooted trees and destroyed houses. But when those things are removed or cleaned up, there is a more…