While 2025 has already dealt some surprising and significant blows to the global fight for human rights, we’re not only hopeful — we’re inspired. Why? Because no matter how troubling the headlines, we know the truth. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards …

Around the world, AJWS partners and grantees are celebrating Pride this month — and we’re dedicating this edition of Stories of Hope to these amazing, brave activists. It should come as no surprise that Pride in 2025 feels especially powerful, and even bittersweet. Here in the United States and in many countries where AJWS works, …

Here in the United States, we wake up to a crueler, more divided nation every morning. From staggering tariffs to mass deportations to the erasure of hard-fought progress of LGBTQI+ people — things are changing at an alarming rate. But something is becoming increasingly clear — a lesson we can learn from our grantees around …

It’s a trope as old as time: Nobody likes a bully. Even if we live in an age where bullies are elected to office. Because AJWS support continues regardless of White House chaos, this month we’re bringing you the story of Santoshi — a young woman in Lucknow, India, who endured vicious online harassment because …

If you’re reading this right now, we can assume that you’ve found the past few weeks painful, confusing and disorienting. Americans are watching our own government cracking down on our right to free speech and expression, severely limiting what people can call themselves and what values are permissible as the flood gates are opened for …