Seeking to preen and pamper its beaches ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, authorities in 2 Los Angeles districts needed to figure out how to get thousands of pounds of trash out of the LA and San Gabriel rivers. They turned to the best in class; a man who among those whose passion is cleaning […]
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The nation’s largest buyer of overdue medical debts has yet again relieved the burden of past hospital expenses for thousands of Americans. Having worked with state governments in Arizona and Maine, Undue Medical Debt (UMD) has now eliminated some $6.5 million in unpaid medical bills for 97,000 residents of Connecticut. It’s thanks to a program […]
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Everest Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) (“Everest”), a global underwriting leader, today announced the inaugural recipient of the Joseph V. Taranto Scholarship, an annual renewable award and part of the company’s broader commitment to expanding opportunity and developing the next generation of leaders. Established by Everest and its Board of Directors in honor of former Chairman [...]
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4th grade science teacher Sara Stinson must have known she was doing a great job when her intrepid students began giving themselves extra homework. It didn’t involve studying for an exam, but raising money to help a local wildlife trust buy a parcel of imperiled land in California’s Big Bear Valley where Jackie and Shadow […]
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Since 2011, a Boston-based nonprofit Team IMPACT has matched more than 4,500 children facing serious illness and disability with college teams across the U.S.—transforming lives through the power of belonging, empowerment and resilience. Since pairing its first child with a college hockey team in Massachusetts, Team IMPACT has become a network spanning more than 850 […]
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Transgender-led legal nonprofit Advocates for Trans Equality reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with Union For Trans Liberation, the organization’s employee union, on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a planned workers’ strike.
The deal follows more than a year of negotiations spanning more than 40 bargaining sessions and now heads to a ratification vote by union members.
“The…
DC Administration Services, Inc. has today announced the composition of five regional Determinations Committees (DCs), effective from April 29, 2026. Global Dealer Voting Members (for all Regions): Non-Dealer Voting Members (for all Regions): Bank of America, N.A. Citadel Americas LLC Barclays Bank plc Elliott Investment Management L.P. BNP Paribas Pacific Investment [...]
More than 25,000 books are on the way into the hands of underserved residents across New York City and Long Island. They’ll be distributed across the boroughs by Book Fairies a nonprofit that since 2012 has donated 6 million books to Title I schools, educators, and community partners. The donations come via the world’s largest […]
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New data from Candid and ABFE shows that most racial justice investments faded quickly and favored larger organizations. On May
Two San Francisco area teens are providing a valuable service for low-income families in their community by collecting and redistributing donated school uniforms. The brothers’ work also keeps the clothes out of landfills, where they break down over hundreds of years while releasing methane, a potent, yet short-lived greenhouse gas. Anyone who’s had to shop […]
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Just 7 in 10 Americans aged 18 to 29 support nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ residents, a new survey has found.
That is down from 80 percent expressing support in 2015, just ten years prior, primarily driven by a decrease in support from young Republicans, according to the Public Religion Research Institute.
While support has decreased overall in recent years, protections for…
This is Charlie Gandy, who’s set to become the first adventurer to complete the Cross-Texas Trail, the xTx, America’s newest long-distance hiking route. The 67-year-old invented the trail himself, and invested $10,000 to ensure the route could become a destination for hikers, cyclists, and horseback riders. Moving westward, he and his two hiking companions are […]
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A Florida waitress has served more than 270,000 meals to the homeless, alongside her husband and two vibrant sons who all exemplify their Christian faith. An immigrant from Barbados, Gloria Vargas, has run the operation since in 2012 largely from her home in Fort Lauderdale. “I started with buying a little bit of spaghetti and […]
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Steven Maa was worried his beloved dog wouldn’t survive the night in the Rocky Mountains. He was driving cross-country to California from New Jersey to start a new job on the West Coast when he stopped for some skiing in Montezuma, Colorado on Dec. 28. He left his dog Rocky with a local pet sitter, […]
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Flung plastic beads, coins, and other trinkets can seem like treasures in the heat of a Mardi Gras moment, but if you’ve ever seen the streets of New Orleans the morning after, you’d recognize only trash. That’s why a coalition of government agencies and nonprofits is creating “seed beads,” biodegradable party favors, and culturally-smart alternatives […]
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Across Iowa, a tiny fish has inspired an enormous conservation program that has seen hundreds of ponds restored to their natural state. Though originally for the sake of this small federally-endangered fish, the lakelets soon demonstrated their power to alleviate the state’s nutrient runoff problems as well. The Topeka shiner is from the minnow family […]
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From Germany comes the story of mountains of potatoes as far as the eye can see going to feed anyone and everyone in Berlin and nearby towns. For German potato farmers, the early winter potato harvest has been a bumper crop—no, a banner crop—nay, it’s a full-on food-bank-buster crop. The “potato flood” as it’s being […]
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