Governors often say their most important job is expanding economic opportunity for all. This year, 36 states will hold gubernatorial elections, and you can be sure every single candidate will run on their plans to make the American dream attainable.
The Environmental Defense Fund is planning to build and launch a satellite that would look for industrial methane leaks and identify them with pinpoint accuracy.
See how technology is transforming life for community health workers like Serena and Prince -- and how TED's new initiative, The Audacious Project, is amplifying their impact.
GirlTrek is a nonprofit dedicated to improving Black women’s health though walking. Recently, 10 women walked 100 from Maryland to Delaware to pay tribute to Harriet Tubman. The journey ended on Harriet Tubman Day.
The Bail Project
In the last 10 years, a small charity called the Bronx Freedom Fund has donated bail money to thousands of poor New Yorkers charged with crimes. Now, after a decade in operation, the founder of the Freedom Fund is set to announce a new and unprecedented effort.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Some are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand. One species unleashes one of the most deadly venoms on earth; another holds a secret that’s behind some of the greatest breakthroughs in biology. They’ve inhabited the ocean for at least half a billion years, and they’re still flourishing. David Gruber investigates the secret powers of jellyfish.
CAMFED
When terrorists in Nigeria organized a secret attack last month, they didn’t target an army barracks, a police department or a drone base. No, Boko Haram militants attacked what is even scarier to a fanatic: a girls’ school.
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