Following a heated Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor, political experts report an uptick in young progressives seeking elected office.

U.S. charitable giving increased 3.3% to US$593 billion in 2024, lifted by the strength of the economy. The annual report from the Giving USA Foundation, produced in partnership with the Indiana ...

As homelessness continues to rise — and housing solutions risk losing federal funding — major cities are working to figure out how to best develop affordable housing units for people facing housing ...

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 ...

The Salt House living room. Photo courtesy of Casa de Sal/Airbnb Since the start of the journey, the Dantas women have collected over 13,000 bottles, though an estimated 8,000 were what they used to ...

As heat waves sweep the country, most of us are desperate to do anything for a little reprieve from the high temperatures. Although cranking the air conditioning is potentially life-saving, it also ...

Even in the U.S., where the policy was least popular, half of those surveyed said they'd support a climate tax that redistributes wealth.

Inspired by sweeping protests in Los Angeles and beyond, Roblox players are staging their own demonstrations against ICE.

Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon stream frog, a species whose entire existence centers on a single warm stream ...

A translucent Sericosura sea spider. Image via Shana Goffredi “I came up out of the submersible all dejected because I thought we didn’t collect any,” Goffredi told SFGate. “And it turned out we’d ...

The reseachers set out to prove that hope was a meaningful emotion. Photo courtesy of Ricky Esquivel/Pexels “Our research shifts the perspective on hope from merely a cognitive process related to goal ...

Leading up to the 250th birthday of the United States, thousands are sharing their dreams for the future online and in real life.