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Moving America Forward

Stories about the builders and pioneers solving our national challenges.

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December 31, 2019

Most of America’s Farm Owners Are White. This Program Is Rooting for More Diversity

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November 25, 2019

Plastic Bottles Pave the Path to Affordable College Tuition in Oregon

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November 6, 2019

Strangers, Sidewalks and Folding Chairs Are One Solution for the Loneliness Epidemic

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October 7, 2019

The Partnership That Helped Save a Nonprofit

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October 2, 2019

Looking for a Brilliant Way to Help the Homeless? Build One of These Walls

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September 24, 2019

Joaquin Phoenix Isn’t Joking: It’s Time to Take Climate Change Seriously

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Women Are Using Their Personal Stories to Fight Abortion Stigma — and It’s Working

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The Heartwarming Reason This Boy Makes Bracelets

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How Second Chances Are Helping States Reduce Their Crime Rates

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September 19, 2019

Slacktivism Is Still Activism: Protesting Can Happen from Anywhere

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September 10, 2019

The Courtroom of the Future Looks a Lot Like This Navajo Tradition

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August 30, 2019

This College Student Is a Leader in the Fight Against Teen Suicide

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August 28, 2019

Painted Stories of Police Brutality and the Power of Community Are Uniting Neighborhoods Across New York

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August 27, 2019

A Newspaper Called Video Games ‘Murder Simulators.’ 1 Million Kids in Hospitals Might Disagree

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August 26, 2019

These Austin Tiny Homes Could House 40% of the City’s Chronically Homeless Population

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August 26, 2019

It’s 2019 and We Still Don’t Have Gender Equality. These 8 Groups Are Fighting to Change That

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August 23, 2019

Can Democrats and Republicans Understand Each Other? It Starts With Getting Off Twitter

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August 19, 2019

One Mayor Transformed His Town Into the ‘City of Kindness’ — and Inspired Over 1 Million Kind Acts

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August 15, 2019

This Lunch Lady Quit Her Job After She Had to Take a Student’s Lunch Away

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August 14, 2019

Schools Are Shaming Kids Who Can’t Afford Lunch, but There Are Ways to Stop It

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August 12, 2019

This Program Is Like Airbnb, but Only for the Formerly Incarcerated