A labor educator on recruiting Gen Z to skilled trades; how the Superbowl played a role in the Iranian hostage crisis; a community struggles to save a local newspaper; a shapeshifting robot could save lives; play a board game that fights climate change.

The fight for women's rights in Iran through the eyes of sisters who fled their homeland, detecting A-I assisted writing; the struggle for Long Covid sufferers; ancient Rome's self-mending concrete; Flora Patterson’s tree-saving legacy.

Milwaukee’s plan for more affordable housing; the treaty promising the Cherokee nation a seat in Congress; a mom making healthy meals with WIC approved foods goes viral; a modern take on Franklin’s lightning rod; a nature trail for neuro-divergent hikers.

How an Asian American community in Louisiana was nearly washed away; the hosts of HGTV's "Bargain Block" on what's coming in Season 3; how a Tennessee city is using technology to create safer streets; how your family dog can benefit your toddler.

Teaching neighbors to treat Chicago’s gunshot victims on-scene; how to stay the course with New Year’s resolutions; the legacy of white supremacy in our textbooks; rural or urban – where do you live?; a new supermarket slow lane helping fight isolation.

Solutions to end U.S. homelessness; abortion bans put medical schools in legal bind to train ob-gyns; new suicide prevention number offers a lifeline; what would you like in a Presidential candidate?; the Pavement Surgeon turns potholes into sidewalk art.

Friends building a tech hub in Jackson, MS; Parkland shooting survivor talks about becoming an activist; meeting Native Americans’ banking needs; Margaret Cho on using comedy to confront racism; a musical tribute to suffragettes.

Prof. Ibram X. Kendi on how to be an anti-racist; Hope Chicago is sending students and parents to college free of charge; Rednecks for Black Lives in Kentucky; Dolores Huerta on her legacy; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on healing our divisions.

California's new law for unhoused mentally ill people; the Supreme Court on the line between free speech and discrimination; Rural maternal health nursing shortage; Climate change and toxic pollution of waterways; Whatever happened to "murder hornets"?

Training doctors in post Roe v. Wade America; research on the benefits of the 4-day work week; the Cherokee Nation's a seat in Congress, promised by a treaty 200 years ago; Salton Sea cleanup gets a federal boost; 3D printed homes - coming to a neighborhood near you?