People Doing Good

As we rounded out the year 2021, we're looking back on the best good news stories from December. While this year or this month have been filled with heartbreak, pain, and injustice — there have still been so many stories worth celebrating.

The ultimate list of the best good news stories from the year 2021.

Survival rates were higher in Congo than in previous outbreaks — thanks to a new vaccine, more effective treatments, and survivors seeking to help their communities

Water Wise Gulf South is an environmental outreach collaborative prioritizing the needs of New Orleans residents who have been, and continue to be, most impacted by regular urban flooding caused by heavy rainfall.

More than 60% believe national divisions have worsened since the pandemic began. The Human Library brings disparate people together with the aim of breaking down prejudices. Originating in Denmark, the not-for-profit now has over 1,000 human ‘books’ available for loan.

We talked with the founders of The Power of Plus to see what inspired them to build an online community, what their long-term goals are, and how they see the future of fashion evolving as the conversation around diversity and inclusivity continues to heighten. 

Seeing someone do something good for someone else motivates people to perform their own helpful acts, researchers report. We all have the power to create a chain reaction of good.

Throughout the pandemic, local neighborhoods — especially gay neighborhoods — have played a critical and well-documented role providing the health and social services necessary for American communities and businesses to survive and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tab for a Cause helps you raise money for charity for free. Is it legit?

With homemade rafts and plastic-bottle life jackets, teams of young villagers save stranded locals when the Brahmaputra River bursts its banks.

Indigenous activists have fought time and time again for the sacred nature of both land and water: we’ve seen them fight against the implementation of The Dakota Access Pipeline, the Trans Mountain pipeline, and at the forefront of the anti-Line 3 movement.

Intersectional activist, creator, and model, Jeannie Jay Park, on her childhood, the model minority myth, activism, and her work with Sanitation Nation and Warriors in the Garden