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California Joins 30 States to Require Financial Literacy Courses For Teens in Every High School
California will be helping teens mold their futures as early as possible, by requiring every high schooler to pass a financial literacy course. Legislation now being implemented after its passage in 2024 made California…
How to forge meaningful human connections – according to you
We asked: how do you nurture meaningful human connections in a busy, disconnected world? This is what you said The post How to forge meaningful human connections – according to you appeared first on Positive News .
Special edition: keeping cool during extreme heat
Photo: Michael Busch / Unsplash (CC0) Heatwaves worldwide are getting […]
Special edition: keeping cool during extreme heat
Heatwaves worldwide are getting longer and hotter. How can people and cities best protect themselves from these high temperatures? The answers range from green façades to cooling systems from the underworld.
More American Dads Are Taking Parental Leave
This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. A.J. Johnson’s oldest son was born in 2019, the year before res…
Special edition on global progress
Photo: Heather Suggitt / Unsplash (CC0) Many people feel that […]
Can This City Banish Single-Use Coffee Cups?
This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. If you line up to get coffee at one of Aarhus University’s many cafeterias, you won’t see a stack of disposable cups as you do at mo…
Drinking water for more than 100 million households, England caps bus fares, free cinema to beat the heat
Today in Squirrel News: The proportion of rural households in India with access to drinking water has increased fivefold within just five years; England caps fares for most buses at £2; and Rome is offering free visits t…