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Girls learn how to code in Afghanistan

Afghan Girls Are Bypassing the Taliban Through Underground Coding Classes

Hundreds of Afghan girls and women are continuing to learn online and in hidden classrooms, despite Taliban restrictions on education
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New AI Tech Is Changing the Game for Wildfire Recovery

The Western Fire Chiefs Association, a nonprofit that started in California during the 1800s, sees much potential in a new tool that can save substantial time and manpower in wildfire recovery missions.
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This Hand Gesture From TikTok Just Saved a Teenager — And Shows How It Could Save More

A new hand gesture is helping save lives — and there are more creative ways people are showing up to help those in distress.
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These 5 Accounts are Using Social Media For Good

To celebrate how far we’ve come and how folks are using social media to help each other, we’re highlighting five of the people who are using it for compassion and community...
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More Women Are Becoming Entrepreneurs Than Ever

A report commissioned by American Express found that, between 2014 and 2019, the number of women-owned businesses climbed 21 percent to a total of nearly 13 million.
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Meghan Markle and Kirsten Gillibrand working together on paid child leave

Senator Gillibrand and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, Are Working Together To Get Paid Leave Passed

Meghan recently called Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who in 2013 proposed her own paid leave bill, and expressed her desire to help. Last month, Meghan wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer as an “engaged citizen and parent”...
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A Black woman tends to her garden in Detroit

A New Fund Is Helping Black Farmers in Detroit Purchase Land

Black farmers in Detroit have turned blighted properties into vital food sources. Now, a new land fund is opening the door to official ownership.
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Potty Trained Cows Are No Joke for the Climate

Researchers are teaching cows to pee in designated places where the urine can be collected and neutralized, sharply reducing methane emissions.
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Forget Net-Zero: Meet the Small-Nation, Carbon-Negative Club

Forested Bhutan, Suriname, and Panama now absorb more emissions than they produce. Can other countries join them?
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Local Faith Leaders Came Together To Support the Jewish Community After Antisemitic Incidents in Austin

A series of antisemitic incidents around Central Texas — including a potential arson outside an Austin, Texas synagogue this weekend — drew condemnation from a coalition of interfaith leaders and local politicians Monday.
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The Senate Just Confirmed the First Openly LGBTQ+ Woman To Serve on a Federal Appeals Court

Beth Robinson, a Vermont Supreme Court judge, was confirmed by a 51-45 Senate vote on Monday as President Joe Biden’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
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A before image of a dry and brown Loess Plateau, and an after image of the same space covered in greenery

These 'Holistic Engineers' Have a Plan To Restore a Dry Egyptian Desert Into a Lush Forest

A group of “holistic engineers” wants to return the arid Sinai peninsula to the lush, green landscape it once was.
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