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🏥 After more than 42 days since the last new confirmed case, health officials in Texas have officially declared the state’s measles outbreak is over. The outbreak sickened 762 people, hospitalized 100, and tragically killed two Texas children.
🗳️ President Trump said he and the Republican Party would “do everything possible that weget rid of mail-in ballots” before the 2026 midterm elections. Nearly one-third of ballots in the 2024 election were cast by mail, and mail-in voting helps make participating in elections more accessible for rural, disabled, and other voters.
Environment
Photo: Pippa Sorley
Tulum, Mexico is now home to one of the Yucatán Peninsula’s most ambitious conservation projects
Late last year, on a stretch of once loosely regulated beachfront, Jaguar National Park opened along the coastline of Tulum, Mexico. Across more than 2,400 acres, the area has been transformed into a protected zone of forest trails, Maya ruins, and quiet beachfront.
In contrast to the noise and congestion Tulum’s rapid growth has brought, the reserve limits cars and the number of daily visitors, and prohibits beach vendors and plastic. A small handful of hotels were grandfathered into the park, but no new ones are permitted.
The goal of one of the Yucatán Peninsula’s most ambitious conservation projects is both to restore and conserve the land, and shift the way travelers experience one of the country’s most-visited regions.
Why is this good news? Traveling and experiencing new cultures and environments is a beautiful part of the human experience. But when destinations become too popular, it can lead to unsustainable travel habits. More destinations are taking action to preserve very reasons these places became sought-after in the first place.
A German grandma builds wheelchair ramps from Lego to make her town more accessible and colorful
Thirty years ago, Rita Ebel was in a car accident that left her with incomplete paralysis. As an ambulatory wheelchair user, she can walk short distances, but largely relies on her wheelchair to get around.
Quickly priced out of her building material of choice, Ebel took to social media to ask for help — and the donations came pouring in. Her landlord even offered up some extra space to fuel her efforts to make the community more accessible.
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