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The secret to getting kids off their phones? A homework assignment that sends them into the real world

Lenore Skenazy, author of “Free Range Kids,” created a curriculum that encourages young people to learn how to thrive on their own in the real world.

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Experts think AI regulation is possible, even in the face of tech giants: 'The future set by them is not the future set by us'

Experts from the AI Now Institute and Center for Humane Technology explain how to mitigate threats of rapidly evolving artificial intelligence.

New study finds a more effective way to hold US elections: 'Less likely to elect an extreme candidate'

Three mathematics professors explain why ranked choice voting better represents the whims of voters — and why U.S. democracy is straining under its current system.

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Good News This Week: December 6, 2025 - Sharks, Santas, & Solar Panels

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With student clubs and scholarships, Girls Who Code is on track to close the tech gender gap by 2030

The organization aims to serve 5 million new young women, girls, and non-binary students in the next five years.

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WATCH: Freshly-appointed UNICEF ambassador Amanda Gorman performs new poem: 'To every child we are responsible'

The presidential inaugural poet and activist implored listeners to believe a better future for children is possible.

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Good News This Week: November 29, 2025 - Groceries, Gardeners, & Food Banks

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Two elderly men of Indian and Pakistani ethnicity embrace each other, hold hands as they smile

How two 90-year-old best friends reunited decades after the partition in India divided them

Megan Kothari took her 90-year-old grandfather to meet his oldest friend decades after they had been forced to flee in one of the largest displacements in history. m

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Child care workers form a network of resistance against ICE: 'Prepare for the worst and hope for the best'

“The immigration and the child care movements, they are one in the same now,” said Anali Alegria.

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Survivors of sexual assault are often left with only a hospital gown. This community closet clothes them in dignity

“Even in your darkest, worst moments, there are people who are looking out for you,” one survivor said.

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Charlotte volunteers deliver hundreds of free grocery boxes to immigrant families fearing ICE raids

OurBridge for Kids paused afterschool programming with increased ICE presence, organizing a food drive in the meantime.

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Latino-owned grocery chain offers free delivery to people afraid of leaving home due to ICE raids

Compare Foods hopes to give customers “peace of mind from the comfort of their home.”