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  • A La Reliure du Limousin, les aides gouvernementales sont indispensables au succès de l'apprentissage

    Chez La Reliure du Limousin, entreprise de reliure et de restauration de documents anciens, les financements publics soutiennent un programme d’apprentissage qui allie formation technique et cours théoriques. L’entreprise accueille 10 apprentis par an et a jusqu’à présent embauché une douzaine pour des postes permanents.

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  • How a shelter hit by Trump's aid cuts protects LGBTQ migrants in Mexico

    Casa Frida is a Mexican shelter and resource center serving LGBTQ+ migrants fleeing persecution and violence in their home countries. The organization provides temporary shelter and meals for a small number of people and helps dozens of others connect to legal guidance, temporary work, psychological counseling, and advice on renting safely.

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  • How the Klamath Dams Came Down

    The coordinated response involved decades of persistent advocacy, strategic coalition-building among Indigenous nations, environmentalists, and government officials, sustained direct activism, and innovative legal and corporate negotiations, ultimately leading to the historic removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This effort successfully restored salmon habitat and ecosystem health, setting a groundbreaking precedent for addressing environmental justice, tribal sovereignty, and dam removal conflicts nationwide.

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  • Beyond the Chip: How an Oregon university gives students a 'quick start' in chip manufacturing

    In partnership with universities and community colleges, Intel’s Quick Start program gives students condensed training over 10 days that prepares them for careers in the semiconductor industry. In one iteration of the program at Portland Community College, 391 students have graduated so far, and everyone who graduates is guaranteed an interview at Intel.

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  • Kansas sought homelessness success stories. It stumbled on a cautionary tale, too.

    Community Solutions provides support and data analysis for municipalities trying to reach “functional zero,” when it becomes rare for a specific population, such as veterans or people who are chronically unhoused, to fall into homelessness. The milestone has been achieved by several communities, including Rockford, Illinois, and Abilene, Texas, but some, such as Bergen County, New Jersey, have struggled to maintain the standard long-term.

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  • Demand for immigration legal services spikes at California colleges

    In the University of California and California State University systems, undocumented students have access to Dream resource centers where they can get support with financial aid, mental health services, community-building, and legal aid for immigration cases. These services have seen demand skyrocket since the 2024 presidential election and subsequent executive orders around immigration.

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  • Cómo comunidades de Miami encontraron soluciones climáticas con un modelo de participación comunitaria

    Usando herramientas de ciencias sociales, como el "design thinking" y el "photovoice," más la participación de funcionarios del condado de Miami-Dade y socios locales, proyectos estan transformando la planificación de adaptación climática en Miami. acercando los datos, y empoderando a las comunidades en la toma de decisiones.

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  • WA tribes crucial to salmon recovery, conservation throughout decades of work with state

    Widespread involvement of numerous relevant government bodies at the tribal, city, state and federal level has led to a number of conservation wins in the Pacific Northwest, reflecting the huge influence tribes in the state have had on how environmental issues and conservation work are framed and executed.

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  • In Türkiye, Girl Villages Have Become a Lifeline for Education

    To help relieve the burden of ancillary education costs such as transportation, supplies, and meals, with the ultimate goal of preventing girls from dropping out early, the Korunuck Foundation operates two housing campuses for Turkish girls where they receive comprehensive support for their studies. The programs currently serve 125 students, and 36 girls have been accepted into universities.

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  • Transforming the Delta

    The Next California project, a collaboration between AgLaunch and WWF, is helping transform the Mississippi Delta into a sustainable and prosperous agricultural economy. Working with local farmers across Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi, the organizations are helping agricultural operations incubate projects, diversify assets, and grow distribution networks.

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