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Innovative Genomics Institute

Can genome editing of common crops fight climate change?

Using CRISPR genome editing on a few common crops, a team of plant and soil scientists seeks to vastly increase and speed up carbon storage to help fight climate change.

CAMFED

Empowering African youth through education

Angeline Murimirwa, CEO of CAMFED, is helping girls across the continent gain equal access to education. Humphrey Nabimanya is educating the youth about sexual and reproductive health through his organization, Reach a Hand Uganda.

Clean Slate Initiative

12 mind-blowing facts about the criminal justice system

There is only so much a statistic can show about the criminal justice system, and how to change it for the better. Many are well aware, and have been for years, of its racial biases, of its great financial costs to the government, of its deep reach into the lives of a huge proportion of Americans and their families.

Upstream USA

How one clinic in Texas explains the threat to contraception

n a small one-story clinic with peeling white paint, Community Health Services provides health care, including family planning, to low-income, mostly Latina, women in this city a 45-minute drive south of booming Austin.

Introducing The Audacious Project’s new cohort

The 2021-22 cohort features nine audacious responses to some of the world’s biggest challenges.

Woodwell Climate Research Center

Donors Pledge $41 Million to Monitor Thawing Arctic Permafrost

The six-year effort by climate scientists and policy experts aims to fill gaps in knowledge about planet-warming emissions and help affected communities in Alaska

Code For America

Code for America Is Making Public Benefits More Accessible

The tech nonprofit reduced the online application time for Minnesotans.

Innovative Genomics Institute

Doudna and Banfield introduce microbiome community editing

Glasswing International

Healing From Trauma

Glasswing International teaches Latin American communities to understand and recover from the impacts of trauma induced by chronic and acute violence.

Drive Electric Campaign

An ambitious initiative to accelerate EV adoption.

Thanks to a coalition of climate activists, organizations and researchers — powered by philanthropy — a cleaner, healthier, more equitable transportation future is now within reach.

The Bail Project

The problem with the U.S. bail system.

TED-Ed explores the history of America's bail system

Think Of Us

Approaching The Cliff: A Pivotal Week For Young People Aging Out Of Foster Care

In one of last week’s most read guest essays in the New York Times, Sixto Cancel shares his experience growing up in foster care and calls on policymakers to listen to what people with lived experience in child welfare say needs to change, including expanding kinship care and eliminating institutional placements.