
How One City Closed the Digital Divide for Nearly All Its Students
As of February, the city had provided nearly 36,000 laptops and more than 11,500 hot spots to low-income public school students.
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This church is loving thy neighbors — one paid medical debt at a time
“Will they be able to solve every person’s medical debt? No. But for those people they do, it’s life-changing.”
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Reclaiming Art After Centuries of Violence & Colonialism
Art is a tool for resistance, yes, but it is also a tool for peace, reconciliation, and healing in response to histories of colonization, violence, and corruption.
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Cape Town Solved Their Water Crisis — Here’s What We Can Learn From Them
In 2018, after three years of poor rainfall and the worst droughts on record between 2015 and 2018, the city made the announcement “that drastic action was required to avoid running out of water entirely.”
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In Zimbabwe, a Women-only Gem Mine Gives Abuse Survivors New Hope
Workers at Africa’s first all-female mine say their jobs have given them a fresh start and financial independence.
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How To Find a Therapist: Your Comprehensive Guide
Whether you’re just starting your search or feeling stuck trying to make an adjustment in your mental health care plan, we’ve compiled a comprehensive guide to finding a therapist.
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Community Land Trusts Are Making Housing Affordable — Because It's Owned By the Community
The affordable housing crisis in the United States has deep roots. But one approach that’s gaining some traction is to separate homeownership from land prices.
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Trans Day of Visibility: 13 Good News Stories To Celebrate
The White House put out a number of announcements about trans rights, and Charlotte Clymer is here to tell you about them because today should be about trans and non-binary joy.
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Physicians, Patients, and Mark Cuban Are Working To Bring Down Drug Costs
In January, the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company opened shop online. The lofty aim, Cuban writes on the website, is “to disrupt the drug industry and to do our best to end ridiculous drug prices.”
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Moms Are Driving the Push To Get More Electric School Buses on the Streets
Moms mobilizing to protect their children’s health is not a new phenomenon; they’ve led the fight against fracking, air pollution, and contaminated water in their neighborhoods.
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This Startup Is Ensuring Free Meals For Food-Insecure Families Are Just a Text Away
A tech startup has developed a way to bridge the nutrition gap for families, at least in the short term.
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How Cleveland Is Salvaging Old Buildings To Create a New Circular Economy
When two Cleveland-area nonprofits embarked on major building projects, they also set the lofty goal of going green. They used deconstruction, or the practice of carefully dismantling old buildings for reuse, to reduce the amount of waste going to a landfill.
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