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[TRENDING NEWS] What to Do About Climate Despair

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Author: BY ERIK VANCE - Publish Date: July 24, 2021 at 12:10AM The antidote for anxiety is meaningful action.

[TRENDING NEWS] Neighbor Helping Neighbor, German Volunteers Lead Flood Recovery

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Author: BY STEVEN ERLANGER - Publish Date: July 19, 2021 at 01:20AM ‘‘The cleanup will be a few weeks,’’ one said. But it will take months to check buildings and bridges to make sure they are sound, and many will have to be destroyed.

[TRENDING NEWS] Their Daily Miracle: Getting 8 Tons of Food to the Needy, Every Day

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Author: BY ANDY NEWMAN AND STEPHANIE KEITH - Publish Date: May 21, 2021 at 04:00PM An army of “food rescuers” in New York try to make the best of an inherently wasteful grocery system.

[TRENDING NEWS] Social Media as ‘Godsend’: In India, Cries for Help Get Results

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Author: BY SUHASINI RAJ - Publish Date: May 3, 2021 at 02:00PM With the Covid-19 crisis pushing the health care system past the breaking point, online grass-roots networks have sprung up to get aid to people who need it.

[TRENDING NEWS] They Told Her Women Couldn’t Join the Ambulance Corps. So She Started Her Own.

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Author: BY EMMA GOLDBERG AND YANA PASKOVA - Publish Date: April 19, 2021 at 02:00PM Judge Rachel Freier has helped dozens of Orthodox Jewish women in New York City get training and start work as emergency medical technicians. In doing so, she challenged her community’s conception of the role women can play in public and professional life.

[TRENDING NEWS] How to Celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday in 2021

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Author: BY SARA ARIDI - Publish Date: January 17, 2021 at 10:20AM Here are ways to commemorate Dr. King’s legacy, whether you want to commit to a day of service or learn about the history of the civil rights movement.

[TRENDING NEWS] What’s the Right Way to Give in a Pandemic?

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Author: BY STEVEN KURUTZ - Publish Date: December 13, 2020 at 10:02AM Charities and donors are facing a holiday season like no other. But they have come up with solutions.

[TRENDING NEWS] Feel Inspired, America

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Author: BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Publish Date: November 4, 2020 at 07:11AM There is much to celebrate about our democracy, from record voter turnout to creative volunteerism.

[TRENDING NEWS] How to Volunteer or Donate to Help Others This School Year

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Author: BY AMELIA NIERENBERG AND ALEXANDRA E. PETRI - Publish Date: August 8, 2020 at 06:59AM Many students and their families are struggling. Here are some ideas to help your neighbors, your schools and your community.

[TRENDING NEWS] Trudeau Faces Ethics Questions on Family Ties to Charity Given Government Contract

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Author: BY CATHERINE PORTER AND DAN BILEFSKY - Publish Date: July 10, 2020 at 07:58AM Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s brother and mother were both paid by a charity handpicked by his government to oversee hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to students.

[TRENDING NEWS] Australia’s Volunteer Firefighters Are Heroes. But Are They Enough?

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Author: BY DAMIEN CAVE AND MATTHEW ABBOTT - Publish Date: February 3, 2020 at 06:29AM The country relies heavily on civilians to contain its fires, but the monstrous blazes that come with climate change threaten to break the system.

[TRENDING NEWS] Listen Up, Liberals: You Aren’t Doing Politics Right

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Author: BY EITAN D. HERSH - Publish Date: January 28, 2020 at 07:00AM Politics is about getting power to enact an agenda. And the only way to do that is face-to-face organizing.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pittsburgh Marks a Massacre’s Anniversary With Prayers and Projects

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Author: BY CAMPBELL ROBERTSON - Publish Date: October 28, 2019 at 07:02AM One year after an anti-Semitic gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue, the city’s Jews and their neighbors commemorated the day with service and calls for change.

[TRENDING NEWS] Reporting on the Retirees Making Migrants’ Journeys a Little Easier

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Author: MIRIAM JORDAN - Publish Date: May 29, 2019 at 07:00AM Immigration-enforcement agencies have come to rely on nonprofits and their army of volunteers to help send migrants on their way. In Tucson, I met a few.

[TRENDING NEWS] After Aurora Shooting, ‘Cross Man’ Builds 5 for His Community

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Author: EMILY S. RUEB - Publish Date: February 17, 2019 at 07:00AM Greg Zanis has delivered more than 26,000 handmade memorials for victims of shootings and natural disasters, including the five to remember last week’s shooting in Illinois.