People Doing Good

Stories of people making a difference in the world

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How an Experimental Service in a Library Prevents Incarceration

The Tap In Center in St. Louis County is one example of legal help that supports underserved people with open warrants. It has saved hundreds from going to jail, so why aren't more counties copying it?
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Elder Power': More Retirees Are Stepping Up Climate Action Game

One organization leads elders to protest climate change. “I can’t not do this,” one participant said. “We have to figure out how to convert despair into something else.”
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7 Positive Good News Stories From Canada

The official Good Good Good roundup of positive good news stories from Canada — continually being updated.
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Quote Graphic: Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. — Bryan Stevenson

29 Best Bryan Stevenson Quotes on Mercy and Justice

Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer and activist who has dedicated his life to fighting for justice for the poor and marginalized. Read his most inspiring and motivational quotes.
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Flint Pastor Builds Laundromat To Help Families Experiencing Hygiene Poverty

Lead Pastor Robinson, of Good Church, had never considered a nearby, affordable laundry facility could be of greater importance than dinner, but he has since learned about “hygiene poverty” — or the condition of being unable to afford hygiene products — and its effects.
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Trusting Societies Are Overall Happier — A Happiness Expert Explains Why

People lead better, happier, and more satisfying lives when people in their communities share high levels of trust. There are specific reasons trust and happiness are so deeply connected...
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This Tribal Pharmacy Dispenses Free Meds and Fills Gaps for Native Americans

The Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy in Minneapolis offers its Native American clientele the services of any ordinary drugstore
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Meet the Biologist Who Became an Ivory Detective

Dr. Wasser and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Forensic Science at the University of Washington in Seattle are coordinating efforts to battle well-organized transnational criminals and the trafficking of contraband from timber to pangolins.
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Blue/Green Gradient Quote Graphic: Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyway. — Glennon Doyle

61 Best Glennon Doyle Quotes On Living Bravely & Beautifully

Glennon Doyle is an author and activist known for her brilliant wisdom, brave storytelling, and bold activism. May her words inspire us that we can do hard things.
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Caribou Herds Tripled Thanks To Indigenous Knowledge and Science

An Indigenous-led conservation program in British Columbia, Canada, has successfully increased a caribou herd from 38 individuals to 113 in less than a decade, according to a new study.
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Quote Graphic: "Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't." — Jeff Bridges

52 Best Quotes About Poverty To Inspire Positive Change

We live in a world where poverty is a lifestyle, not a choice. Inspiring a change is the first step to changing that.
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Trying To Help Survivors, a Domestic Violence Agency Turns the Focus

Positive Solutions is a program of up to a year that aims to help people responsible for domestic violence change their behavior patterns and build healthy relationships.
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