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Mahmoudi’s success with organizing for Iran and her heart for her home country led her to transition away from environmental activism to create United for Iran, an independent nonprofit focused civil liberties in Iran.

While the protests started with anger over the enforcement of the hijab, they represent a much wider movement that now poses the greatest threat the theocratic regime has faced since the 1979 revolution.

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With the help of city school kids, an organization is restoring long-depleted oyster beds that once flourished in the waters that surround New York City. The bivalves are cleaning the water and protecting shorelines.

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Small but growing programs show how even the most vulnerable adults can succeed in college.

There are more than eight million Ukrainians displaced within their own country — and housing is becoming a growing concern. People are banding together to creatively rebuild.

Wyoming is one of five states piloting a resource for agricultural producers.

Central African refugees can access education, healthcare, and banking with identity cards, but data privacy is vital, say experts.

An engineer-turned-educator says cities get it wrong when they criminalize Black youth’s hobbies, rather than seeing them as an opportunity.

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While other cities wait for their newly planted trees to grow, the Israeli city is updating an age-old cooling method for the 21st century.