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Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival raises $10M for reproductive rights

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The donation will be split among 10 nonprofits “dedicated to advancing and advocating for women and girls.”
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How journalists are winning back the trust of marginalized communities

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library had a proven impact on children around the world

Worldwide evidence shows that children enrolled in the Imagination Library were significantly more likely to display foundational early literacy skills and to develop an interest in reading compared to those not in the program.
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The Trump administration has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists, and nonprofit organizations are working to rebuild what has been lost.
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Maryland's newest state park opens this week: '55K acres free to the public'

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Amtrak's sleeker, cleaner new trains are pulling into the station this fall

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Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival raises $10M for reproductive rights

The donation will be split among 10 nonprofits “dedicated to advancing and advocating for women and girls.”
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Black communities have lost trust in the media. Minnesota journalists are earning it back

Trust in journalism was displaced long before the rise of digital and social media. Here's how individual reporters are building it back.
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