People Doing Good

Mahmoudi’s success with organizing for Iran and her heart for her home country led her to transition away from environmental activism to create United for Iran, an independent nonprofit focused civil liberties in Iran.

While the protests started with anger over the enforcement of the hijab, they represent a much wider movement that now poses the greatest threat the theocratic regime has faced since the 1979 revolution.

Some of our recommended random acts of kindness will help one person or family — and others will create systemic change that will leave positive ripple effects throughout your neighborhood or community. All will make the world a better place.

Over the last few years, we've slowly collected the best quotes about newspapers (and sometimes the news) and we're publishing them here today. Some quotes celebrate newspapers and some take a critical perspective. We hope you find these quotes helpful and insightful. 

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

With the help of city school kids, an organization is restoring long-depleted oyster beds that once flourished in the waters that surround New York City. The bivalves are cleaning the water and protecting shorelines.

All of the best quotes about hope... to help you feel more hopeful... and maybe fill the world with a bit more hopefulness too.

Your simple guide to the dozens of cancer awareness days, weeks, and months.

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

Your simple guide to the dozens of HIV/AIDS awareness days, weeks, months, birthdays, and anniversaries.

The ultimate calendar of December's awareness days, national months, and more...

There are more than eight million Ukrainians displaced within their own country — and housing is becoming a growing concern. People are banding together to creatively rebuild.