Agustín Rodríguez was a quiet, deeply religious man originally from El Salvador. He worked in a pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he had a rough job sawing the legs off of dead pigs. He spent most of his time with his wife, Angelita, whom he married a month after they met […]

Nearly 200 people joined the Boston Foundation and Bunker Hill Community College for a webinar highlighting the data and experiences that show the powerful impact of internships for community college students as a tool preparing and connecting employers to the next generation of workers. The program opened with a research presentation from two Bunker Hill […]

Harvard Square (Y2Y) is the nation’s first student-run homeless shelter for young adults. Having served over 500 unique guests since its inception, Y2Y often receives guests from a variety of circumstances including those who struggle with poverty Watch on Vimeo >

For more than thirty years, Paul Farmer has been a pivotal figure in global public health. Partners In Health, the nonprofit he cofounded as a medical student in 1987 along with Ophelia Dahl and Jim Yong Kim, today has 18,000 staff and delivers basic health care to people across three continents. His writings, which draw […]