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In our progress roundup, volunteers and scientists are facilitating animal life, from protecting turtle nests to creating 3D-printed bird beaks.

The Bail Project has paid $41 million to bail out more than 15,500 low-income people since its founding in 2018. This year, the group is expanding into the Deep South, where 7 of the 10 states with the highest incarceration rates are located.

Fatima Abdulkarim Correspondent In the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, outside the Old City’s walls, Jews and Palestinians live in tense proximity. The area is traditionally Arab, but religious Jewish families have bought property and moved in, determined to change the demographics. Palestinian taxi driver Taha Sarhan lives on the garden level of a house his father built. Two brothers live on the second floor. A third brother sold the top floor to a Jewish group. “I’m mad at my brother, not them,” Mr. Sarhan says, gesturing toward the family upstairs. Why We Wrote This...

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It’s called “Political Blind Date.” And far from being a hokey reality show for the political set, the popular Canadian series aims to break down walls around contentious issues from gun rights to climate change. Take the moment Toronto City Councilor Gary Crawford confided to colleague Shelley Carroll that his daughter has a disability. Ms. Carroll, who raised a daughter diagnosed with autism, replied instinctively, “Oh, Gary” – an empathy so obvious in just two words. Why We Wrote This At a time when political exchanges are often caustic and unyielding, a Canad...