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These 150 streets could be the best places to trick-or-treat in America
The spookiest holiday is right around the corner, and seasoned trick-or-treaters know that not all streets are created equal when it comes to...
Üç Haclı Kilise in Çavuşin, Turkey
In the red valley, one can find Üç Haclı Kilise, also known as Three Crosses church. It is carved directly into the rock. Though heavily eroded,...
Nonprofit Brings Free Music Education to More Than 20,000 Miami Students in 131 Schools
Down in Miami-Dade County, educators are seeing how school doesn’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. Showing up, taking an interest in...
350 Volunteers | Thousands of Tonnes of Waste Removed.
“We are using our own hands to clean the poison people throw away.” What started as a few people cleaning their surroundings has grown into a...
Dostoyevsky on What Makes a Good Person
We know good people when we encounter them, when they fall upon our lives like a sunbeam, like a song. But we don’t always know what makes them...
How some Indian handloom traditions are slowly disappearing
A saree can hold more than six yards of fabric. It can hold a grandmother’s wardrobe, a wedding remembered decades later, a festival, a...
15 Wrestlers, One State | Why Haryana Dominates Wrestling?
15 wrestlers. One state. All from Haryana. So, what makes Haryana India’s wrestling powerhouse? For generations, wrestling has been part of...
Chang’e-6 lunar soil contains a surprising magnetic time capsule
Scientists studying Chang’e-6 lunar soil have discovered a previously unknown magnetic mineral in natural Moon samples: a form of metallic iron...
The People Behind Second Chances: How Public Service Workers Help Communities Move Forward
A second chance rarely begins with one big breakthrough. More often, it starts with a caseworker returning a phone call, a reentry coordinator...
The Spark: The ‘Community Lighthouses’ Where Neighbors Help Neighbors
Welcome back to The Spark, our monthly celebration of how people just like you are creating positive change, one meaningful step at a time. The...
North Carolina food bank gets microgrid backup for future storms
Two years ago this week, Hurricane Helene’s floods nearly wiped out the little downtown of Marshall, North Carolina, about 20 miles north of...
Urban settlement for extreme ecosystem among projects from Tulane University
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for sustainable urban settlements in the Atacama Desert is among projects from students at Tulane University. Also...
Rare Collectiv surrounds Norwegian sauna with timber ribs that "evoke the hull of a ship"
A skeletal frame of reclaimed timber surrounds the elongated form of Skroget, a community sauna and public deck in Norway designed by student...
50 Tonnes of Waste Removed From Munak Canal | Delhi
#thebetterindia What started with people cleaning waste with their own hands has grown into a community movement. 🌱 Since 1 September 2018, Vinay...
The Nicest Moments of 2026—So Far! (Warning: You Might Get a Little Emotional)
If kindness had a highlight reel, this would be it. The post The Nicest Moments of 2026—So Far! (Warning: You Might Get a Little Emotional)...
'Socktober' celebrates 15 years of local kindness
Brad Montague founded Socktober in 2011 thanks to a nudge from a few middle school students. After learning that a concerning number of neighbors...
Hank and John Green's 'Pizzamas' holiday turns mustaches and merch into maternal healthcare
The story of Pizza John and a community of Nerdfighters making the world a better place... in the weirdest way possible.
18 Year-Old from the Bronx Starts Nonprofit to Sponsor School Children in Ghana
High school seniors have a lot on their plate as it is between planning for prom, studying for exams, and applying to universities. Yet for...
Nike Founder Phil Knight Gives Away a Billion Dollars – the Largest Single Donation to a Public University
Phil Knight, who co-founded Nike alongside his former track coach at the University of Oregon (Bill Bowerman), has sprinted back to his alma mater...
Nonprofit Puts Ex-Cons to Work with Paid Apprenticeships as Machinists in California
In a converted machine shop in southeastern San Diego, men who spent decades in prison are learning critical trade skills just weeks out of...
When SNAP Ended, Portland’s Heretic Coffee Co. Stepped Up to Feed Its Neighbors
At Heretic Coffee Co., everybody eats. Here's what makes this volunteer-run nonprofit one of 2026's Nicest Places in America. The post When SNAP...
A Tiny Village in New York Spread Charity Far and Wide—And Became 2026’s Nicest Place in America
This year’s top honor goes to … Liverpool, New York! Find out how a mission to help strangers thousands of miles away has grown into a community...
Macklemore announces new European tour for aid organisations in wake of Ed Sheeran controversy
The US rapper, who was removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after voicing support of Palestine, has convened a charity show that will visit...
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