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After the Burning

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What Could Go Right? The kids are safe

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It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: Rethinking Today’s Capitalism

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07/22/2021

What Could Go Right? The kids are safe

We ask whether it's time to reassess the risk profile of mass-vaccinated countries and Scotland builds the world's first tidal energy farm in the latest edition of the newsletter.

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Emma Varvaloucas

The Progress Network

07/20/2021

After the Burning

The University of Mosul’s library, once home to over one million titles, was destroyed in war. Now, book by book, the library is being rebuilt.

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Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

The Progress Network

07/15/2021

What Could Go Right? Cancer’s big decline

Plus: Asthma attacks plummet, a “holy grail” for diabetics, and more

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Emma Varvaloucas

The Progress Network

07/08/2021

What Could Go Right? Single-use plastic’s death knell

Plus: Knocking asteroids off course, history’s longest period of peace is now, and more

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Emma Varvaloucas

The Progress Network

07/01/2021

What Could Go Right? COVID immunity for years

Plus new tech for disaster aid (that actually works), what everyday item has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and more progress news from our weekly newsletter.

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Emma Varvaloucas

The Progress Network

06/29/2021

It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: Rethinking Today’s Capitalism

Just because the capitalism we have now is risky and rapacious doesn't mean that we can't change it for the better—with the help of some lessons from the past.

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Zachary Karabell

Gillian Tett

06/28/2021

The Roaring Twenties 2.0

Are we at the start of this century’s Roaring Twenties? That’s what the charts and lots of smart people predict.

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Diane Francis

The Progress Network

06/24/2021

What Could Go Right? Better work, and less of it

The end of large Ebola outbreaks, the case for a four-day work week, and more progress news in our weekly newsletter.

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Emma Varvaloucas

The Progress Network

06/17/2021

What Could Go Right? Gay marriage: from no way to no problem

Our latest newsletter includes milestone support for same-sex marriage, why the pandemic economic rebound going better than expected, and progress news from around the world.

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Emma Varvaloucas

The Progress Network

06/16/2021

The Threads of Texas

Texas is going through changes—and how Texans are reacting could offer a roadmap for a more united American future.

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Brian Leli

The Progress Network

06/14/2021

Progress in Five Minutes: Human Rights for LGBTQ People Around the World

The swift advancement of acceptance for the LGBTQ community over the last two decades has been incredible.

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Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar

The Progress Network

06/10/2021

What Could Go Right? Beating AIDS by 2030

Plus: that time we healed the ozone layer, a hero rat, and more progress news from around the world in our weekly newsletter.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Chicken little forecast

Still Chugging Along

Cool stuff to read

After the Burning

What Could Go Right? The kids are safe

It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: Rethinking Today’s Capitalism

What Could Go Right? The kids are safe

We ask whether it's time to reassess the risk profile of mass-vaccinated countries and Scotland builds the world's first tidal energy farm in the latest edition of the newsletter.

After the Burning

The University of Mosul’s library, once home to over one million titles, was destroyed in war. Now, book by book, the library is being rebuilt.

What Could Go Right? Cancer’s big decline

Plus: Asthma attacks plummet, a “holy grail” for diabetics, and more

What Could Go Right? Single-use plastic’s death knell

Plus: Knocking asteroids off course, history’s longest period of peace is now, and more

What Could Go Right? COVID immunity for years

Plus new tech for disaster aid (that actually works), what everyday item has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and more progress news from our weekly newsletter.

It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: Rethinking Today’s Capitalism

Just because the capitalism we have now is risky and rapacious doesn't mean that we can't change it for the better—with the help of some lessons from the past.

The Roaring Twenties 2.0

Are we at the start of this century’s Roaring Twenties? That’s what the charts and lots of smart people predict.

What Could Go Right? Better work, and less of it

The end of large Ebola outbreaks, the case for a four-day work week, and more progress news in our weekly newsletter.

What Could Go Right? Gay marriage: from no way to no problem

Our latest newsletter includes milestone support for same-sex marriage, why the pandemic economic rebound going better than expected, and progress news from around the world.

The Threads of Texas

Texas is going through changes—and how Texans are reacting could offer a roadmap for a more united American future.

Progress in Five Minutes: Human Rights for LGBTQ People Around the World

The swift advancement of acceptance for the LGBTQ community over the last two decades has been incredible.

What Could Go Right? Beating AIDS by 2030

Plus: that time we healed the ozone layer, a hero rat, and more progress news from around the world in our weekly newsletter.

Cool stuff to read

We ask whether it's time to reassess the risk profile of mass-vaccinated countries and Scotland builds the world's first tidal energy farm in the latest edition of the newsletter.

The University of Mosul’s library, once home to over one million titles, was destroyed in war. Now, book by book, the library is being rebuilt.

Plus: Asthma attacks plummet, a “holy grail” for diabetics, and more

Plus: Knocking asteroids off course, history’s longest period of peace is now, and more

Plus new tech for disaster aid (that actually works), what everyday item has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and more progress news from our weekly newsletter.

Just because the capitalism we have now is risky and rapacious doesn't mean that we can't change it for the better—with the help of some lessons from the past.

Are we at the start of this century’s Roaring Twenties? That’s what the charts and lots of smart people predict.

The end of large Ebola outbreaks, the case for a four-day work week, and more progress news in our weekly newsletter.

Our latest newsletter includes milestone support for same-sex marriage, why the pandemic economic rebound going better than expected, and progress news from around the world.

Texas is going through changes—and how Texans are reacting could offer a roadmap for a more united American future.

The swift advancement of acceptance for the LGBTQ community over the last two decades has been incredible.

Plus: that time we healed the ozone layer, a hero rat, and more progress news from around the world in our weekly newsletter.

What could go right in the future?