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In a Bad Mood? Studies Show Why That Can Be a Good Thing

Five reasons why the quest for constant happiness is misguided.

Kira M. Newman | Mar 21, 2017

The Cuts in Trump’s Budget You Haven’t Heard About

While national outrage is focused on Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, tiny agencies helping communities that teeter on the edge of poverty would also disappear.

James Trimarco | Mar 17, 2017

Where They Teach Students How to Revitalize Their Local Communities

New college programs offer fledgling community organizers “a sense of optimism about how they can effect change in their own backyard.”

John Ortbal | Mar 16, 2017

How the Neighborhood That Inspired “The Wire” Is Pulling Its Residents Out of Poverty

When large institutions like universities and hospitals agree to hire and spend locally, they can transform neighborhoods hardest hit by poverty and unemployment.

Araz Hachadourian, Cecilia Garza | Mar 15, 2017

Health care

How Nature Makes Us Healthier and Happier

Over 100 studies have shown that being in nature—or even watching it in videos—benefits our brains, bodies, feelings, thought processes, and social interactions.

Dacher Keltner, Kristophe Green | Mar 13, 2017

How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul

If you want to sustain yourself for the work ahead, here’s some advice: It doesn’t matter whether the other side “deserves” anger.

Colin Beavan | Mar 11, 2017

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The Many Benefits of Making (and Eating) Chocolate Right Where It Grows

Dried cocoa beans historically have been shipped to Europe and the U.S. for chocolate making. But keeping the process close to home empowers farmers and supports local economies.

Simran Sethi | Mar 10, 2017

Renewable energy

This Invention Lets Rural Hondurans Clean Their Water—And Own the Treatment Plants

What’s at stake in a world where science is marginalized? Programs like AguaClara, which offer sustainable, low-cost solutions to communities in need.

Carrie Koplinka-Loehr | Mar 9, 2017