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13 Ways To Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month

April is Arab American Heritage Month, a celebration of the many contributions and achievements of Arab Americans.

Green awareness month calendar for April

April: Awareness Months & Holidays for Causes

The ultimate calendar of April’s awareness days, national months, and more...

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Comedian Caleb Hearon matches $15K in fan donations for Transgender Day of Visibility

The comedian is supporting the Trans Justice Funding Project and is urging fans to DM him proof of their donations on Instagram.

Two photos side by side. On the left is a pink and yellow vending machine with blue butterflies on the side. On the right is a line of people at the vending machine

Woman retrofits vending machine to dispense random acts of kindness

What was once a bait and tackle vending machine has been transformed into a colorful attraction dispensing kindness challenges to strangers.

A photo collage of the Wales flag, a bag of Keats & Co. coffee beans, a Monarch butterfly, an aerial view of the mountains and ocean, and a rescuer stands inside a tractor's bucket

Good News This Week: March 28, 2026 - Hijabs, Butterflies, & Glasses

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

Mister Rogers sits behind a train set in a red cardigan, smiling

'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' gets first-ever YouTube channel 25 years after final show aired

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, indeed.

On the left, a young woman holds several kittens to her chest as she looks at them with concern. On the right, floodwaters on a road in Hawaii

There are no vets on this small Hawaiian island. Locals are stepping in to save cats stranded by the rising floods

As devastating floods sweep across Hawaii, one small but determined nonprofit is stepping up for the islands’ most vulnerable animals.

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Hawaii divers clean up beaches devastated by floods: 'When the government won't care for our people, we will'

As Hawaiians await federal disaster aid, locals are taking care of their beaches and neighborhoods.

Four men ride in the bucket of a tractor amid catastrophic flooding in Hawaii, on their way to rescue neighbors in need

Neighbors use a tractor to lift a 98-year-old Hawaiian woman out of her flooding home

A man was surveying a neighborhood for help when he found an elderly woman in distress. And then he called in the “braddahs.”

Bruce Springsteen to perform 'Streets of Minneapolis' at St. Paul No Kings protest this weekend

Coming off of a campaign with the ACLU in support of birthright citizenship, the rock icon will perform his latest resistance tune in Minnesota on March 28.

A woman with blond hair paints a rainbow on a concrete parking space

Florida banned Pride crosswalks, so a local chef filled her restaurant's parking lot with rainbows instead

An Orlando restaurateur is being honored for her efforts to revive Pride-themed street art in honor of the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

Ms. Rachel, a young children's entertainer with a big smile, brown hair tied up under a pink headband, and a pink shirt under blue overalls, stands in front of a bright blue background

Ms. Rachel shows the emotional toll of ICE detainment on kids at Dilley detention center

Ms. Rachel is calling for urgent reform after video chatting with children detained at a I.C.E. facility in South Texas.