In Oregon, where inmate releases could come in July, trial by wildfire has given incarcerated people a chance to redefine themselves.
When LGBTQ-rainbow cookies sparked anger in Texas, consumers backed the bakers who made them, and sent a message of inclusion.
New developments suggest some movement in the battle against climate change, at a time when evidence of the need for action appears as stark as ever.
The NFL draft that just ended delivered, as always, some warm backstories about athletes who are already honoring the places from which they came.
A California city aims to break down distrust 鈥� and end the cycle that fuels both gun violence and the potential for deadly police encounters.
The plan that the Biden administration announced last week leans into new infrastructure projects. It also addresses old ones that split communities.
The COVID-19 fight isn鈥檛 over. But one early lesson: Success comes when gratification and self-interest give way to a caring collectivism.
Perseverance parked on Mars in a spot now named for Octavia Butler. NASA鈥檚 Diana Trujillo helped build the rover and called the landing in Spanish.
Crisis and humanity: The closer Texas businesses were to a customer community, the more they viewed success through the lens of service.
A tech partnership curbs dosage waste. Reliance on small pharmacies eases distribution. Humanity helps, too.
Facing disinformation, reporters use their skill sets to help readers on a personal level, and help humanize a demonized profession.
Fights that use facts as weapons are going nowhere. Listening, not just outputting, is the more constructive formula for shifting thought.
Snark and side-taking might seem to rule the internet. But the tone of GIFs suggests we know that we鈥檙e all in this together.
Orderly transition? Pandemic response? As those fights grind on, small networks form to meet a more basic human need.
No concession speech seems near. For President Trump鈥檚 supporters, this moment is raw. Can grace bubble up from the electorate?
Concert-quality music, suppressed by the pandemic, is finding responsible new ways to connect and uplift even with venues shuttered.
Americans鈥� fundamental differences seem to keep deepening. The work ahead, two authors say, starts with getting a lot smarter about debating them.
Pam Bluhm scraped together the cash to revive the Minnesota daily she served for decades. She may help save the kind of discourse democracy needs.
Pressed about the threat of looting after the Jacob Blake shooting, Bill Penzey decided to hand out the contents of his Kenosha, Wisconsin, store.
A video of Nigerian ballet dancer Anthony Madu Mmesoma, 11, went viral in late June. Now he may be headed for the world stage.
