Juneteenth, short for June 19th, commemorates the day the last remaining enslaved people in the U.S. — in Galveston, Texas — received word that the Civil War had ended and they had been liberated by ...

June 20th is World Refugee Day! This annual celebration is an opportunity to honor and uplift those affected by displacement. According to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, over 122 million people were ...

Mister Rogers once said, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers.You will always find people who are helping.’” Good Good Good ...

Few things feel more quintessentially American than the sitcom. Its features can be recognized anywhere — the laugh track, the unchanging living room or kitchen set that becomes as familiar as one's ...

Amazon | Bookshop | Libro.fm . From sneaking into factories and dumps around the world, to visiting textile workers in Haiti and children mining coltan for cell phones in the Congo, Annie Leonard — ...

This article is presented in partnership with The Kind Pet. The Kind Pet is an eco-friendly pet store and resource dedicated to reducing our pets' and our own impact on the planet. By offering natural ...

On the first Earth Day, inspired by the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969 and other disasters caused by growing pollution in the U.S., 20 million Americans gathered in streets and parks to call for more ...

The ocean, with its vastness and depth, is a testament to the majesty and mystery of nature. It’s a world teeming with diverse life forms, from the smallest plankton to the largest whale (and a few ...

Depression is heavy — and the stigma surrounding it can add to the burden. Nearly 30% of all Americans have been formally diagnosed with depression (per a 2023 Gallup poll) — and 73% of Americans know ...

“Grand against the crimson of the sky, Kings of the sunshine and the thunder, Come they and go they in July.” — Edwin Arnold “For sailing boats on little seas, Where just the smallest summer breeze ...

The HIV/AIDS epidemic spiked in the 1980s, resulting in the death of over 100,000 people from 1981 to 1990, making an irreversible mark on our world from a social, medical, and political perspective..

(Mauricio Santana/Getty Images) While promoting her #InstaPride campaign in 2015, Miley Cyrus told Time magazine: "I'm just even. It has nothing to do with any parts of me or how I dress or how I look ...