In Jackson, Miss., 20 low-income women are a part of one of the first universal basic income pilot programs in the country, assessing a seemingly simple solution to end poverty: give people money — no strings attached.

In 2015, Prichard Colon suffered a major brain injury after a boxing match gone wrong. Specialists predicted he’d spend the rest of his life in a vegetative state. He can’t walk or talk, but he survived; now Colon is slowly trying to rebuild his life.

In Guatemala the U.S.-funded Centro Quédate — the Stay Here Center — teaches young people job skills in hopes of dissuading them from migrating to the United States. Whether it helps students make the decision — to stay or to go — is uncertain.

In the two decades since the shooting at Columbine High School, the school district has led the way in finding threats before they go too far. Much of that has come down to one man.

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