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Difference MakerJay and Nii Quartey found music, then their calling 鈥� helping street childrenJayNii Streetwise Foundation is an orphanage, primary school, and arts center that thrives in a struggling neighborhood of Accra, Ghana鈥檚 capital city.
Los Angeles to serve as crucible for reform in ending chronic homelessnessCalifornia lawmakers introduced a $2 billion plan to find homes for its estimated 114,000 homeless residents. In Los Angeles, where the mayor declared a homeless emergency, the problem is particularly acute.
The back story of what we buyAs consumers benefit from the ever expanding global market, ever greater vigilance is needed to ensure that products from far away are not the result of exploitation.
To save a rare forest, farmers try a new crop 鈥� butterfliesPeople living in Zanzibar's Jozani forest are being trained to raise butterflies as a way to prevent deforestation by giving people a financial stake in keeping the forest intact.
Iconic New York City hotels promise to go greenThe Waldorf Astoria, The Peninsula New York, and The Pierre are among 16 posh hotels pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2025.
A World War II aircraft carrier's new mission: promote science educationNew York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum preserves history while inspiring young Americans to become bold, innovative, and daring explorers themselves.
Forget 'Fairtrade' 鈥� just give cash to the poorest, philosopher saysWill MacAskill promotes 'effective altruism,' which advises people to give large chunks of their income to effective charities while downplaying 'Fairtrade' products.
Readers RespondReaders write: screening before gun ownership; vegetarian diets are 'greener'Letters to the editor for the Dec. 28 & Jan. 4 weekly magazine.
Salvation Army's top bell ringer charms donors with voiceHarold Pierce is聽among the top fundraisers for the regional聽Salvation聽Army聽Red Kettle Christmas campaign聽with a voice of an angel.
Difference MakerRoman Sklotskiy spreads a new idea in Russia: Be a 'big brother' or 'big sister'Volunteering to mentor youths wasn't a familiar concept. So Mr. Sklotskiy became director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Russia to promote it.
A small New England college goes 100 percent solarHampshire College in Amherst, Mass., will soon be home to a 'living building' and become the only residential college generating 100 percent of its electricity from solar panels.
Looking at 2015 ... and at 2015There was plenty of bad news in 2015. But good news -- progress in almost every category of well-being -- vastly outweighed it.
Around Asia, 'Made in China' no longer means cheap or shoddyTry durable and precise instead. The rise of product quality in China is starting to create waves in the world's most dynamic economies.聽
Costa Rica at 99 percent renewable: Are others on the same path?The Central American nation is leading the world in cutting fossil-fuel pollution by relying on hydropower and other forms of renewable energy. Is this a model other countries could follow?
Readers RespondReaders write: living with nature; immigration in 2016; warming up to climate changeLetters to the editor for the Dec. 21, 2015, weekly magazine.
Difference MakerMarina Naprushkina helps refugees and locals meet as equals at her gatherings in BerlinA transplant herself, she opened Neue Nachbarschaft or 'new neighborhood,' a community center where newcomers can learn German and get to know locals.
Soccer star goes home to build schoolsKei Kamara escaped civil war in Sierra Leone to become a top professional soccer player in England and the US. Now he's helping his home country through the nonprofit group Schools for Salone.
Readers RespondReaders write: nothing wrong with a 'pause'; America's invitation to the 'huddled masses'Letters to the editor for the Dec. 14, 2015 weekly magazine.
She's paddling a kayak to help dump dwellers in GuatemalaDeb Walters is on a 2,500-mile odyssey to promote the nonprofit group Safe Passage.
Researchers see a decline in injuries worldwidePeople are getting injured less than just two decades ago, say scientists.
