The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is again at the center of a humanitarian catastrophe. The eastern provinces, long plagued by decades of conflict, are now reeling from an intensified crisis as the M23 rebel group continues its violent advance. For women in eastern DRC, pregnancy has become a life-threatening ordeal

The negative impacts of the ancient caste system still affect entire communities in today's global south. Distinctions limit access to education, employment, and other opportunities, thereby leading to social exclusion, marginalization, and violence

Despite celebrations that California was ‘banning private prisons’ in 2019 as headlines claimed, its for-profit prison industry is still currently alive and well in 2020, even expanding, putting detainees at higher risks of harm than ever before