The Bail Project
Bail reform is hot, says Robin Steinberg. From New Jersey to California, and Rand Paul to Bernie Sanders, there is widespread agreement that the cash bail system is broken. But while there is consensus about the problem, there are divisions about the solutions.
Since The Bail project launched, NBC's Dateline has had a frontline view of how the program is working in cities like Tulsa and St. Louis.
Extreme weather is a hallmark of climate change, and smallholder farmers we work with are already feeling the toll.
In the United States, nearly 70 percent of the people held in local jails are there for one reason: they don’t have enough money to pay bail. Here’s a look at how this came to be and what it would take to change it.
GirlTrek, the largest health movement for Black women in America, has started local treks around Selma, Alabama.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The sea's murky depths might host more life than we thought. That's the preliminary conclusion of scientists who this week completed the inaugural cruise of the Ocean Twilight Zone (OTZ) initiative.
You won’t see these amazing animals on a day at the beach, but they’re there — living in the vast, cold, unexplored midwater region of the ocean.
With their second #StressProtest and plans for more, GirlTrek co-founders T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison are leading a self-care revolution.
One Acre Fund believes farmers should be treated as clients, not beneficiaries. Here's why.
Tests of a new vehicle called Deep-See will begin to build a detailed picture of life below the sunlit surface of the ocean.
Sightsavers
Fifteen years ago, Shiva Lal Rana walked 20 miles to Geta Eye Hospital to ask doctors to pluck out all his eyelashes. Instead, doctors performed what was then a new operation: They gave him surgery to clear up the infection.
We’ll send you news and updates on how ideas are taking shape.
