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How simple street-design interventions are saving kids’ lives in Africa

In cities, sometimes the projects that make the most positive impact are not flashy, starchitect-designed plazas, but human-centered initiatives that respond to real, local needs. A new prize, which just announced its winner, honors such initiatives.

How simple street-design interventions are saving kids’ lives in Africa

How “Super Sand” Could Provide Drinking Water To Millions Of People

Sand is a cheap and easy to find water filter. It’s also not a very good water filter. But a new development–coating sand in graphite–could make it possible for everyone in the world to have easy access to clean water.

How “Super Sand” Could Provide Drinking Water To Millions Of People

$21 Tata Swach: The World’s Cheapest Water Purifier?

Impact

From King to Warnock: How the Ebenezer Baptist Church became a center of Black organizing

The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents

People with disabilities have been disproportionately affected by the economic impact of COVID-19

News

MLK Day 2021: What’s open? What’s closed? Who gets off?

Troubling study reveals how minor workplace slights can trigger suicidal thoughts in depressed people

Actually, Americans are feeling better than you think this winter

Co.Design

Turning trash into treasure: London Design Biennale features gorgeous pieces made from waste

In London, an experimental building houses two very different types of tenants

Architecture criticism matters more than ever, according to a critic bullied by Trump

Work Life

The 5 factors that will drive post-pandemic consumer behavior

After a string of life setbacks, here’s how I learned to rethink happiness

These are the 3 skills you need to succeed in 2021