As you think about your holiday giving, I want you to consider local organizations — people and institutions that are doing ...

NEW YORK — Lauren Click founded a nonprofit a few years ago offering free composting education to schools around the country. Today, 112 schools participate, yet she can’t get her boyfriend to ...

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too narrowly – ...

A representative from ExxonMobile speaks to a Southern University student about job opportunities with their company on February 21, 2024 at the Southern University and A&M College Job Fair (Photo by ...

Organizers say that in response to government funding cuts, high prices and political uncertainty, interest in mutual aid ...

Parts of the Greater Cincinnati area got a record amount of snow from Sunday to Monday. The winter storm effectively shut down the city – airports, roads, businesses – and those of us who stayed home ...

Given that this time of the year is a festive season for many people all over the world, today’s post will be about the decision to help others. Prosocial acts—which social scientists define as those ...

MURRAY, Utah — On a weekday morning, about two dozen formerly homeless men and women file into a small room at The Other Side Village near Salt Lake City. "How have you felt since our last meeting?" ...

As Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Southeast U.S. last fall, filmmakers Phil Hessler and Cole Sax were tracking a group of veterans - the Team Rubicon "Greyshirts" - who deploy into disaster ...

Organizations like World Central Kitchen and the American Red Cross are among many that are offering support to the communities impacted by the Fourth of July flooding Jim Vondruska/Getty Recovery ...

As relentless wildfires continue to ravage areas in Los Angeles, tens of thousands are being forced to evacuate their homes and find safety while firefighters work to put out the flames. For those ...

Hurricane Melissa is the strongest storm on record in 2025 Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. AP ...