May is Mental Health Awareness Month! This national month of awareness and action has been recognized since 1949, as mental health activists and practitioners across the country work to spread the ...

Every year on November 25, over 60 countries celebrate White Ribbon Day — an annual campaign dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. And the movement is just as much tied to justice for ...

Sharon Camp believed in big ideas. After narrowly surviving an illegal abortion, Camp made it her life’s mission to make reproductive medicine safer. From 1975 to 1993, Camp led Population Action ...

As we celebrate Earth Day this year, may we reflect on the wise words of environmentalists, climate activists, faith leaders, lovers of nature, and the youth of the world. Read these quotes to get ...

According to Publishers Weekly, after two years of declines, print sales rose in 2024 with unit sales of print books up 1%. And in 2025, they rose again — this time 0.5% higher than the previous year ...

Can giving homeless people $750 a month to use any way they choose help them move into long-term housing? I am the director of the University of Southern California Homelessness Policy Research ...

In 2005, after Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina devastated the state, then-Alabama Department of Insurance commissioner Jim Ridling was surveying storm damage when a thought dawned on him. Realizing that ...

As we celebrate Earth Day this year, may we reflect on the wise words of environmentalists, climate activists, faith leaders, lovers of nature, and the youth of the world. Whether you’re reveling in ...

On Friday, April 17, legendary oceanographer and marine biologist Sylvia A. Earle took the TED stage in Vancouver, Canada. In her TED Talk, she explained the importance of “Hope Spots,” or global ...

In April, the Washington State Senate overwhelmingly passed a new law that calls for the installation of anti-speeding technology, known as intelligent speed assistance (ISA), in the cars of drivers ...

Saturday, April 25 is Independent Bookstore Day! This annual celebration is an opportunity to celebrate and support independent bookshops across the United States — both online and in your community.

Michael Reichmuth, a fisheries biologist for the National Park Service, often snorkels in the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay Area’s national parks and shorelines. Most of the time, he’s ...