In 2005, after Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina devastated the state, then-Alabama Department of Insurance commissioner Jim Ridling was surveying storm damage when a thought dawned on him. Realizing that ...

In Glen Burnie, Maryland, Springer Blankenship spends most of his off days traipsing through overgrown lawns. The Navy veteran volunteers with I Want To Mow Your Lawn, a nonprofit that provides free ...

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are concerned with spreading the net wider — or getting more helping hands on ...

When life feels overwhelming, many people instinctively turn to nature. A walk in a park. Sitting by the ocean. Watching a sunset. Is this just a pleasant feeling, or is there something deeper at work ...

In Peru’s remote regions, Indigenous communities still experience energy poverty. About 30% of rural Amazonian neighborhoods do not have electricity, and in the Andes, access remains intermittent or ...

When the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, Alyia Gaskins, discovered that the agency overseeing the city’s public housing owed $1 million in back rent, nearly 450 tenants suddenly faced eviction. “I was ...

Olivia Rodrigo's new music video was filmed by children in Gaza and Ukraine. It funds aid for kids affected by war See the “Book of Love” music video, which funds humanitarian aid for children in ...

Every act of kindness you show can make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. Living out kindness on a daily basis takes practice, but leads to a lifestyle and mindset shift that implores us ...

“I’m pretty sure the sluts are gonna save us,” Instagram influencer Jess Olivia Fox said in a recent video. She is referring to the folks at Minneapolis sex shop Smitten Kitten, who have mobilized to ...

There are a lot of awareness ribbons — trust us, we spent a lot of time putting together this list — and it can be challenging to know which colors are associated with which causes. Fortunately, we’ve ...

Whether you’re interested in discovering new animals, you’re an educator looking for a valuable teaching resource, you’re passionate about protecting animal species across the globe, or you’re simply ...

In August of this year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the removal of about 400 “non-standard” pieces of street art — most of them rainbow, Pride-themed crosswalks and murals — even though they ...