See what stories caught our attention this week, from matchmaking corals to a massive food donation. Plus, an update on congestion pricing in NYC. As the only major Western city that is home to lions, ...

See what stories caught our attention this week, from the story beneath NYC’s steam stacks to the Land Back movement’s role in climate resilience.

Across North America, food charities are making an effort to stock foods that are familiar and culturally relevant to their communities.

Workplace conditions in the US have improved drastically in the last five years — a trend that’s likely to continue.

A Patient Is a Person is a series about how whole-person health is transforming the patient journey. It is supported by funding from UPIC Health. When Carolyn Thomas suffered her first heart attack in ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Joshua Spodek has been living off-grid in a Greenwich Village ...

This is part three of No Matter Who Wins, a three-part series about positive changes that will likely continue regardless of the outcome of the 2024 US election. Read part one here, and read part two ...

Yes, it matters who wins. But maybe what matters even more is how millions of people, on any given day, choose to live, work, fight and advocate for positive change. Maybe the cumulative effect of ...

Amid high tides of anxiety on a warming planet, there is plenty of good news in the world of environmentalism. The Footprint Project has built nearly 50 solar microgrids post-Helene — and aims to ...

When Elliott Blackmore discovered Mental Health Swims, it felt like home. Swimming and paddleboarding alone had felt lonely; other groups seemed a little unwelcoming. This community felt “totally, 100 ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. For many years, Esther ...

Peter Yeung is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. A Paris-based journalist, he also writes for publications including the Guardian, the LA Times and the BBC. He’s filed stories from ...