At This Sanctuary, Animals and At-Risk Teens Come Together to Heal
Nine times a year, cohorts of young people from San Jose and San Francisco pile into vans and head out […]
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Credible Messengers Help Turn Former Convicts Into Leaders
For Julius Walker, success is defined by small moments. Like the time one of Walker’s students called his cohort his “family.” […]
Helping Traumatized Kids
It’s been a devastating summer for child migrants. Over 2,000 kids, some only toddlers, have been separated from their families […]
5 Super-Moms Making a Difference
On any given day, a mother exhibits at least one superpower — whether it’s finding the missing Lego piece in […]
Born Into Rehab: Giving Life to West Virginia’s Tiniest Opioid Victims
In the rear of the Cabell Huntington Hospital maternity ward is a medium-sized, unlit room. Occasionally, its darkness is pierced […]
Family Day in Lieu of Mother’s and Father’s Day
When I dropped my four-year-old son off at school a couple of weeks ago, I found a memo of “Dates […]
10 Innovative Ideas That Propelled America Forward in 2016
The most contentious presidential election in modern history offered Americans abundant reasons to shut off the news. But if they […]
Thanks to This Man’s Vision, 22,000 People Are No Longer Living in Poverty
A native San Franciscan, Daniel Lurie has witnessed his hometown change as two tech bubbles inflated, introducing “tremendous wealth” and sometimes […]
Homeless and Jobless, This Man Found Hope Running 26.2 Miles
Kevin Gonzalez, a 24-year-old from the South Bronx, had been training for the marathon his entire life — he just […]
Removing Children from Abusive Situations at Home Isn’t Always the Answer. This Is
Elisa Izquierdo was conceived in a Brooklyn, N.Y., homeless shelter and born with cocaine in her bloodstream in late 1980s. […]