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Protect public media: Here are 8 gifts that give back to PBS and NPR

After the Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in funding to institutions like PBS and NPR, here’s how you can support public media this holiday season.

A bus driver, Tina Hutcherson, holds a bundle of knitted beanies in her arms while standing and smiling in front of a school bus

People Doing Good

School bus driver knits hats for every student on her route: 'I hope they know somebody loves them'

Tina Hutcherson is fighting clothing insecurity with one skein of yarn at a time.

A group of seahorses swimming underwater

Animals

These rare seahorses disappeared during the pandemic. In 2025, they bounced back: 'Half are males, and most are pregnant'

It’s the first time spiny seahorses have been spotted in Studland Bay since lockdown restrictions eased.

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Giving Tuesday: What It Is and How To Celebrate

Giving Tuesday takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. We’ve compiled a guide on celebrating this annual tradition of giving back.

Two photos side by side. On the left is a six-legged spider robot atop dry soil. On the right is a pair of 19-year-old students, a boy and a girl, standing among green trees

Environment

After wildfires destroyed their local forests, these students invented a tree-planting 'spider robot' to save them

The robot, called Trovador, is a six-legged, autonomous robot that plants trees in hard-to-reach areas.

Drag Queen Pattie Gonia in a park ranger outfit next to a screenshot of Pattie Gonia backpacking in the outdoors

LGBTQ+

Drag queen Pattie Gonia is hiking 100 miles in full drag to raise $1M for charity

The environmentalist and LGBTQ+ rights champion is supporting eight nonprofits focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the outdoors.

A photo collage of two kids in front of a vending machine, the checkout counters at Home Depot, a bag with the label 'Turkey Dinner In A Bag', an animal seen in frame with shipping containers behind it, and a man wearing a face mask organizing produce at a grocery store

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Good News This Week: November 29, 2025 - Groceries, Gardeners, & Food Banks

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

A man dressed in a Jesus costume (pictured from the bridge of his nose to his chest) holding a shepherd's staff.

LGBTQ+

To help other survivors of religious trauma, this ex-Mormon rebranded himself as 'Sparkly Gay Jesus'

After leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Ryan Josiah has taken on a new moniker to help fellow ex-Mormons.

Two seniors read The Midcoast Villager side by side as they sit inside the Villager Cafe

Businesses Doing Good

To save their small town newspaper, they opened a cafe. Now their profits are up 40%

The Midcoast Villager is redefining the next era of print media with an out-of-the-box idea.