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Points of ProgressPoints of Progress: Building a recycled highway, and moreIn good news this week: California partnered with an聽engineering startup to pave a highway with recycled plastic 鈥� plus more positive stories.
Can education solve everything?The best educational reform might be putting more money in parents鈥� pockets 鈥� not through a government program but through higher wages.
Points of ProgressPoints of Progress: Technology improves water testing, and moreIn good news this week: A suitcase-sized water testing station could become an essential tool for developing countries 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Vistas of the heart and soulJust as an RV can reveal the largeness in a Rocky Mountain vacation, a pandemic can also reveal the largeness of the human spirit.
Difference MakerA Canadian First Nation reclaims the telling of its own storyIn Canada, one First Nations group is trying to reclaim their story by publishing their own children鈥檚 books and magazines.
Readers RespondReaders write: Seeing Russia鈥檚 view, the power of film, and moreLetters to the editor for the Sept. 7, 2020 weekly magazine. Readers discuss the police response to protests, Russia鈥檚 perspective, and more.
Points of ProgressPoints of Progress: New penguin colonies discovered, and moreIn good news this week: Satellite imagery has helped scientists locate a number of previously unknown penguin colonies 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Difference MakerHow one teacher equips students to stop trafficking before it startsYoung people are most vulnerable to human trafficking. Mona Al-Hayani鈥檚 curriculum has trained thousands to recognize it.聽
Points of ProgressPoints of Progress: Esselen Tribe reclaims land, and moreIn good news this week: After closing a $4.5 million deal, the small tribe will regain control over ancestral territory 鈥� plus more positive stories.
The world鈥檚 greatest natural resourceFor more than a century, prosperity has come from coal in Wyoming.聽But what happens when there isn鈥檛 any left, or people don鈥檛 want it anymore?
Difference MakerRussia鈥檚 peasant history, once submerged, is brought back into the lightWhen the Soviet Union industrialized, it destroyed much of Russia鈥檚 peasant life. Anor Tukaeva is helping to make sure that history isn鈥檛 lost.
Readers RespondReaders write: Kneeling protests, relief from the news, and moreLetters to the editor for the Aug. 17 & 24, 2020 weekly magazine.聽Readers discuss the purpose of kneeling during the national anthem, and more.
鈥榃ho gets redemption?鈥�As the pandemic shines a spotlight on conditions in prison, it鈥檚 time to reconsider how we think about incarcerated people, reform advocates say.
Chitchatting in the age of ZoomI value, and miss, nondirected conversations. A lot of good ideas can come from them. But how do you replicate them in a videoconference?
Points of ProgressPoints of Progress: Urban rooftop farm bears fruit, and moreIn good news this week: The world鈥檚 largest urban rooftop farm is providing lettuce and strawberries thanks to aeroponic growing towers.
Points of ProgressPoints of Progress: Where women are seeing gains, globallyIn good news this week: There鈥檚 still work to be done, but women鈥檚 rights are making progress across the world. A look at some recent highlights.
A look behind the scenes of the Monitor's suffrage coverageWe wanted to tell the story of the hard-won victory for women鈥檚 voting rights in 1920, along with the evolution of women into global leaders.
Points of ProgressProgress watch: Where dolphins get a second chance at lifeIn good news this week: Vermont bans food waste in trash, malnourishment declines in India, and Australia appoints its first聽Indigenous consul-general.
Readers RespondReaders write: Nonexistent numbers, top-notch director, and moreLetters to the editor for the July 27, 2020 weekly magazine. Readers discuss whether or not 鈥渙ne zillion鈥� exists, and more.
Meet the woman behind Israel鈥檚 鈥榗ommunities of kindness鈥�Adi Altschuler鈥檚 Krembo Wings has become a global movement. But she didn鈥檛 stop there. She鈥檚 on a mission to create 鈥渃ommunities of kindness.鈥�
