In their search for faith communities that prioritize connection and self-discovery over conformity to tradition, young people are transforming sacred spaces and redefining worship.
Progress roundup: An Oregon county funds cogeneration water plant, Dutch open-source nonprofit helps refugees make new plastics from old, and more.
In our progress roundup: no-fault divorce spreads in the U.K., data on exonerations aids advocates, Nepal and British Columbia preserve species, and more.
In our progress roundup, scientists used sound to confirm a healthy coral reef, found two new phytoplankton, and tested an anti-malaria mosquito net.
This contest asks American, Israeli, and Palestinian teens, What would you most like to improve about your own society, and how would you do it?
In our progress roundup, communities around the globe improved the lives of their own residents. But the positive impact of their self-improvement often reaches beyond.
Progress roundup: deliberate care, slow handiwork, and patience are improving environments on land, in the water, and in cities.
What鈥檚 the fair way forward after the government makes a mistake? State agencies are grappling with how to handle millions of cases of overpaid pandemic unemployment benefits.
Progress roundup: A nonprofit that gives away bikes in rural areas and a consumer-owned wind farm are highlights this week.
Progress roundup: Bangladeshi architect designs a modular home for climate resiliency, and a Nigerian entrepreneur encourages kids to stay in school.
Progress roundup: The U.N. is writing a treaty to govern the life cycle of plastic, the world鈥檚 largest coal port scales back to survive, and more.
Our progress briefs include species reintroductions, restitution for Latvian Jewish communities, and an overturned anti-transgender law in Kuwait.
Progress roundup: Women in Indonesia are replanting mangrove forests, fishers in Baja California tested LEDs on nets to reduce bycatch, and more news.
Progress roundup: South Africa passes laws against gender violence, France bans 鈥渃onversion therapy,鈥 and Ecuador鈥檚 courts rule for more Indigenous control.
In our roundup, progress is reinforcing roots for Indigenous peoples in California and Venezuela, renters in Beirut, giraffes in Africa, and whales near the bottom of the Earth.
Progress roundup: Disability sector blossoms in Africa, a photobioreactor gives hope for city air quality, and stories about education and new laws.
Growing Griots: Modern-day storytelling builds confidence and bridges cultural divides.
Progress roundup: New Orleans citizens build green infrastructure, plus wind-fueled trains in Morocco and a win for coal-mine cleanup in India.
Progress roundup: Some U.S. banks end a practice that affects low-income people the most, France continues phasing out single-use plastics, and more.
As membership in the U.S. decreases, churches are closing their doors. But some of the buildings continue to be community hubs for new 鈥渃ongregations.鈥