All Points of Progress
Workers鈥� well-being: Workweek laws and co-ops boost fairnessProgress notes: Workers鈥� quality of life improves as they gain control. For hourly earners, predictable schedules are increasingly a legislated right.
Low-level traffic stops decrease; Saudi women in the workplace increaseProgress roundup: Governments are giving more freedom to those who鈥檝e been denied it, from women in Saudi Arabia to Black drivers in U.S. cities.
Feeling at home: Accessibility in US parks; rights for Thai forest dwellersProgress roundup: legal protection for forest inhabitants in northern Thailand; and in the U.S.,聽better park accessibility for people with autism.
Shifting the conversation: From diverse boardrooms to hotlines for menOur progress roundup highlights getting new voices into the conversation, from men who are calling hotlines to boardrooms increasing in diversity.聽
Can courts be compassionate, in crime prevention and punishment?Progress roundup: In Brazil, a court condemns a past dictatorship鈥檚 crimes. In the U.S., red flag laws are removing guns from hands deemed dangerous.
From rainforest to row houses, honoring rights to homeProgress roundup: Australia returns land to Indigenous residents, and in U.S. cities, aggregated data helps citizens curb urban blight and evictions.
Ways to weave a safety net: Free college and alternative justiceProgress roundup: Young adults aging out of foster care and repeat offenders needing treatment are two different groups targeted with more services.
Conserving species and specimens, from tuna to treesIn our progress roundup, conservation measures are looking after an Italian tree with connections to St. Francis, and tunas fished around the world.
Protecting the 鈥楢mazon of Europe鈥� and a small Aussie bandicootAnimal gains: Our progress roundup includes a healthier marsupial, an animal-testing ban in Mexico, and a new UNESCO, five-nation biosphere reserve.
Leaded gas dies. And carbon-free fusion power inches closer.Progress roundup: Clean energy and air are featured in three briefs this week. In Iceland, the world鈥檚 largest carbon capture plant is up and running.
New respect for Black hair in Illinois, and for Josephine Baker in FranceProgress roundup: A preschooler鈥檚 mom who braided her son鈥檚 hair and the family of a Jazz Age icon both made their cases for respect 鈥� and won.
Taking better care of people: Silver Alerts, non-English driver鈥檚 testsIn our progress roundup, Arizona includes intellectual disabilities in its Silver Alerts, and Namibia recognizes native tongues in its driver鈥檚 test.
Environmental justice at work: From New Jersey water to Indonesian airIn our progress roundup, Newark replaces its lead pipes and an Indonesian court grants villagers the right to speak up against a factory spewing waste.
Might without size: Island nations cooperate to control fishing rightsIn our progress briefs, eight small countries are together selling fishing rights to foreign fleets, improving their own economies and sustainability.
Repairing the past: From African American cemeteries to Iraqi artTo honor earlier cultures, communities are protecting more African American burial sites. Two U.S. art collections have returned antiquities to Iraq.
Power tools: From traffic lights for walkers, to zippers for the impairedOur roundup includes a streetlight that gives pedestrians more control over traffic, and fashion designs that enable those with mobility issues.
From Costa Rica to Iraq, keeping culture and history intactOur progress roundup highlights a Brooklyn museum鈥檚 return of artifacts to Costa Rica, and an effort from academia to help Iraq preserve its history.
More inclusive courts, from Canada to ColombiaIn our progress roundup, Canada appoints a nonwhite justice, and Colombia鈥檚 Constitutional Court translates from Spanish to 26 Indigenous languages.
Bridges from old wind turbines, better A/C from nonstick coatingsIn our progress roundup, engineers address environmental concerns mere decades old: air conditioning鈥檚 climate impact and aging wind turbine blades.
More than memories: Digital archives are preserving refugee culturesOur progress briefs highlight the fostering and preservation of marginalized cultures, from聽Indigenous Australians to refugees who鈥檝e lost homelands.