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28 October 2025. Can Hollywood Do For Paid Leave What Congress Hasn’t? –

A character on "The PItt" speaks with a young boy holding a skateboard in a hospital.
TV once made designated drivers mainstream, and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Now an effort is underway to get caregiving on screens — and perhaps influence paid family leave policy.
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27 October 2025. Sudan’s Golden Harvest Returns Slowly as Women’s Cooperatives Fight to Revive the Gum Arabic Trade –

The landscape of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya. An acacia tree sits in the middle distance, surrounded by shrubbery, with a mountain rising in the background.
Most of the world's gum arabic, the ingredient that keeps soda fizzing and pharmaceuticals stable, once came from Sudan. Three years after the country entered civil war and production collapsed, women’s cooperatives are rebuilding the industry.
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24 October 2025. How One Country’s Russian Gas Crisis Became a Green Energy Boom –

Igor Hîncu, mayor of Volintiri, opens the door of one of several biomass heating systems that power buildings in the town.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Moldova quickly empowered its small towns to produce their own renewable energy so no one could push it around.
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23 October 2025. Americans Are More Money-Stressed Than Ever. Credit Unions Are Stepping Up to Help. –

A financial coach at Redwood Credit Union sits at their desk speaking with a member.
The mental toll of financial stress has serious impacts on people across the country. Credit unions are in the position to help in ways commercial banks can’t or won’t.
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22 October 2025. As the Net-Zero Banking Alliance Fades Into History, Biodiversity Takes Center Stage –

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance ceased operations as a member organization earlier this month, but U.S. banks are still pursuing climate investment plans on their own.
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21 October 2025. Flood-Prone Houston Faces Hard Choices for Handling Too Much Water –

Members of the National Guard, wearing uniforms and life vests, drive a military truck through a flooded street to pick up stranded Houston residents.
Houston residents have spent years waiting for a flood protection system. City officials are debating three options, including one from Elon Musk's Boring Company. But will any of them truly solve the city's flood problem?
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20 October 2025. Small Farmers Are More Squeezed Than Ever. A California Grant Program Offers a Lifeline. –

A wooden crate full of peppers, avocados and scallions.
A recent report shows that the state’s farm-to-school grant program has been effective at supporting economically disadvantaged farmers in the face of mounting federal cuts.
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17 October 2025. How a 133-Year-Old Italian Winery Protects Its Vines and the Nature Around Them –

A landscape view of one of Coppo Winery's vineyards at dawn as the sun rises and the horizon is covered in fog.
As one of the oldest wineries in Italy, Coppo Winery has a long legacy to maintain. Continuing to do so means minimizing synthetic pesticide and fertilizer use.
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16 October 2025. As Medicaid Cuts Loom, Here’s What’s at Stake for Families –

Members of the Children's Healthwatch and American Academy of Pediatrics teams smile at the camera for a photo in the U.S. Capitol last spring.
The president of the nonprofit End Poverty in California speaks with Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, executive director of Children's Healthwatch, about the challenges Medicaid cuts pose for children and families and the power of advocacy.
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15 October 2025. Trump’s ‘Dominance’ Plan Could Create a Marine Energy Boom in the U.S. –

Eco Wave Power's pilot at the port of Los Angeles switched on earlier this year in one of several promising signs of future growth for marine energy in the U.S. (Image: Arturo Garcia-Ayala/Eco Wave Power)
Marine energy from wave and tidal sources could meet over half of U.S. energy needs, and unlike other renewables, marine power meets the requirements of the Trump administration's "American Energy Dominance" plan.
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