Progress roundup: An international tribunal links ocean health to climate change. In the U.S., new laws address the well-being of disabled travelers.
Progress roundup: More whale sounds in the Southern Ocean may indicate species recovery. Playgrounds designed for all ages spread the pleasure.
Tracking global LGBTQ+ rights is a complicated endeavor. The community continues to face diverse challenges, but overall, data shows a story of gradual, hard-won progress.
Progress roundup: Museums use less air-conditioning, monasteries are being cared for by local conservators, and the 鈥淵osemite of South America鈥� is sold to conservationists.
鈥淚nside Out 2,鈥� the first box-office smash of 2024, offers a welcome return to form for Pixar.
Fighting crime and climate change, scientists develop new way to detect illegal timber. Plus, the world鈥檚 largest battery-powered container ship sets sail.
Progress roundup: German law is protecting textile workers in Pakistan; taekwondo lessons are empowering Bolivian women against domestic violence.
Progress roundup: EV company in China makes battery swaps faster than charging. And in Pakistan, volunteers spread the joy of books in an outdoor story time.
Progress roundup: Paris pursues public housing but says no to fast food, rural Utah gains Plus Code addresses, and a successful women-run bus program serves Colombia鈥檚 capital.
Progress roundup: Bee colonies are on the rise, Venezuelan migrants benefit their adopted countries, and an ancient irrigation system in Oman still works.
Progress roundup: Digging up paved surfaces inspires others to reap the climate benefits. In Australia, landlords are installing solar to help meet emissions goals.
鈥淭he Outsiders鈥� offers a timely 鈥� and tuneful 鈥� reminder that differences that seem so intractable might not be impossible to overcome after all. Adam 鈥渘ot a musical theater person鈥� Rapp talks about how he came to write the book.
As Black expectant mothers try to navigate a medical system in which they have little confidence, Black doulas have become trusted members of their pregnancy teams.
Progress roundup: Reuse champs of Denmark, neurodivergence advocates in Peru, and how Tuvulu is defending itself by becoming a digital nation.
Progress roundup: Housing issues bring left and right together at YIMBYtown, more second-career seekers sign up to teach, and the prison recyclers with a path to employment.
Our progress roundup: Water batteries as an alternative to lithium-ion, cement that makes low-carbon concrete, and crop adaptations for high-salinity soil.
Progress roundup: Native speakers in Brazil have an app, more Maasai women are boosted as leaders, noncitizens in the U.S. are eligible for National Book Awards.
Progress roundup: In India, women are pooling their own money to buy solar pumps for their crops. And in Brazil, a female-run 鈥渟amba school鈥� defies male domination in the festival of the year.
Progress roundup: Fairer systems take shape as scientists report back to research participants and rural residents harvest as well as conserve forests.
Progress roundup: More rights and freedoms include women allowed a glimpse of stadiums in Iran, and mobile-home owners buying their land in the U.S.
