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Making motherhood accessible for all requires moving away from punitive models—including foster care—that criminalize poverty.

Hospitals across the country have long operated under the same federal law that says they must treat and stabilize all patients when they have a medical emergency. But in states…

If you want to predict how long someone is going to live and how healthy they will be throughout their life, find out their address. All around the world, it…

In 2021 alone, 20 separate climate-related disasters cost the United States more than $145 billion. Scientists warn we must halve harmful emissions by the end of this decade to avoid mass human suffering, meaning…

In a fragmented impact ecosystem, ed-tech needs collaboration to prioritize education over technology.

Cases of measles, a highly contagious and deadly disease, are surging in parts of the US. Experts fill you in on what you need to know.

Nasrin Siddiqa and Atenea Rosado-Viurques share insights on the climate crisis and its effects on girls from LAAGA’s research in Bangladesh.

Meet six of the young leaders who are attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York.

Millions of Americans still don’t have access to high-speed internet. Christopher Ali, a professor of telecommunications at Penn State University, discusses who lacks access to broadband and how the federal…

Plastic is a menace to human health at every step of its life cycle — and it’s impacting every human being on the planet.

Advancing racial equity and wellbeing is hard work, especially for on-the-ground organizations that are leading the work. Endowment grantmaking is a tool that foundations can use to ensure that these…

Black Lives Matter protests in cities with Black women police chiefs experienced significantly lower levels of violence – from both police and protesters – than cities with police chiefs of…