In 2022, former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey spent an estimated $82 million to construct a makeshift wall along the United States-Mexico border with shipping containers. Using over 1,000 containers in ...

Throwing and catching gold, green, and purple beads is a cherished Mardi Gras tradition, but as it turns out, these petroleum-based plastic beads have a heavy impact on the New Orleans environment ...

Joshua Clark is no stranger to the loss that comes from weather disasters. While he has overseen durable home construction projects across five continents — notably helping people rebuild in his ...

In the fall of 2024, the City of San Diego expanded its Safe Sleeping Program, which provides safe, legal, city-approved tent encampments and supportive services for people facing homelessness. The ...

The Evergreen Hostel, a historic building in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, once provided a safe space for Japanese Americans to rebuild their lives following imprisonment ...

Pope Francis, who remains in critical condition and hospitalized as he battles pneumonia in both lungs, was elected pope on March 13, 2013, after the surprise resignation of Benedict XVI. Prior to ...

Wisconsin's Green Bay Packers have a long history of philanthropy. The NFL team’s Green Bay Packers Give Back outreach program had an impact of over $13 million in 2023, and so far this year, the team ...

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea has had an average of 20 earthquakes yearly since 1978. The high rate of earthquakes — as well as tsunamis, landslides, and floods — ...

When Wanona Satcher founded her company, Mākhers Studio, in 2017, she knew she wanted to address the issue of affordable housing in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. With a background as a landscape ...

In Tampa, Florida, those needing healthcare might be able to ditch the crinkly paper on an exam table and opt for something a bit more futuristic. OnMed, a “hybrid” healthcare company, is rolling out ...

As tiny home villages become an increasingly popular — and effective — approach to housing those experiencing homelessness, thoughtful design is key in getting these projects off the ground. In Los ...

Despite countless creative housing developments and advancements in policy to address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, California, at least 75,000 people are unhoused in L.A. County. And for ...