People Doing Good

Long before Covid forced states to take desperate measures to find substitutes, schools often struggled to cover teacher absences. Now, school districts want more than quick fixes.

Five Lincoln Public Schools teachers have been tasked with educating Nebraska youth while they’re detained and awaiting court decisions.

As of February, the city had provided nearly 36,000 laptops and more than 11,500 hot spots to low-income public school students.

“Will they be able to solve every person’s medical debt? No. But for those people they do, it’s life-changing.”

Confused about climate change? This young climate NGO is using people’s own languages to deliver the facts.

Your simple guide to the hundreds of national and global awareness holidays dedicated to supporting meaningful causes.

With 2,000 fluent Cherokee language speakers still alive, the Cherokee Nation is looking for unique ways to preserve the language. "An Indigenous language is lost every two weeks around the world,” said Howard Paden, executive director of the Cherokee Nation Language Department.

Art is a tool for resistance, yes, but it is also a tool for peace, reconciliation, and healing in response to histories of colonization, violence, and corruption.

Veterinary science has become an innovative field, taking care of our beloved pets, but also to making breakthroughs that improve the lives of all who inhabit the planet. Meet 12 veterinarians who inspire us to do more good.

In 2018, after three years of poor rainfall and the worst droughts on record between 2015 and 2018, the city made the announcement “that drastic action was required to avoid running out of water entirely.” 

After a student won a refund for the jab against cervical cancer, campaigners are pushing for universal access.

No, that isn't an exaggeration: since she was 12-years-old, the Flint native has been the face of Flint's water crisis — one that's still very much active today.