Progress roundup: Hong Kong bans ivory trade, Costa Rica鈥檚 camera traps prove success of habitat protections, and the new 鈥淕reat Blue Wall鈥� of the Indian Ocean.
Progress briefs: Planted spaces yield benefits beyond the expected, from urban farms in Argentina to tree growth in Australia enabling species spread.
In 鈥淭welve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel,鈥� author Ethan Michaeli paints a nuanced portrait of an Israeli society.
Professors have often presented economics as the realm of rational people making efficient choices. Now many highlight underlying ethical debates.
As Americans quit jobs at a record pace, we look at the advantages of spending less time at work and how thinkers from Keynes to Nixon predicted it.
Society often treats formerly incarcerated people as broken. At the Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, they find healing together.
The pandemic has hit seniors hardest, including isolation and fear. But some older adults are finding fuel for renewed purpose and strength.
Malm枚 in Sweden had a violent crime problem. The city is trying an American strategy that uses community to spread a message against the violence.
The island of Menorca, in Spain, is a rare success in sustainable tourism. But the threat to Posidonia seagrass shows there is still work to be done.
Gen Z is rewriting economic rules for financial security, making social justice a priority. Its strategies range from investing to policy ideas.
A hidden creek in a messy bramble on church property inspired a Baltimore pastor to build a peace park. Now it鈥檚 a model of environmental justice.
Countries are levying 鈥渄igital services taxes鈥� on Big Tech companies. Some nations see the longer-term answer in a global agreement under negotiation.
Najari Smith founded a co-op bike shop in Richmond, California, drawing youths to its Earn-a-Bike mechanics program and residents to community rides.
A California town hopes to reduce damage from fossil fuels with a ban on new gas stations. The ban may signal a much larger shift in public thinking.
Along with providing free food for neighbors in need, community fridges bring people together and may help stabilize communities.
As baseball marks opening day, more women are moving into coaching in men鈥檚 professional leagues. It could change the future of sports.
