As prisons close they are being repurposed in clever ways from holding files for banks to being a homeless shelter.

Support dogs can help comfort victims and as a black Lab in France shows us.

Amsterdam has a slave past which it is confronting in ways that may be useful to the US.

the latex in dandelion roots is being used to make tires

Several states are making headway in approving ethnic studies programs.

The Japanese art practice was recently applied to healing acts of violence against Asian Americans.

Fifth grade curricula talking about puberty now include LGBT issues.

People in Paris opening their homes to migrants.

 A new way of thinking about architecture and building and help the environment. 

A group of  compassionate volunteers searching for migrants  in the Sonoran desert.