In March, the Trump administration announced that the U.S. Agriculture Department would be required to cut $1 billion in federal funding from schools and food banks. Part of those cuts included a ...

When Shaheera Alnatshia first migrated from Jordan to the United States in 2011, she was seeking a better life. But in 2017, facing domestic violence, her husband kicked her and her four children out ...

On April 3, 2025, Jane Goodall — the renowned environmentalist, conservationist, and activist — celebrates her 91st birthday. To celebrate, the Governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, declared a new ...

In 2024, Oklahoma City's Point in Time count concluded there were an estimated 1,838 people experiencing homelessness. This is a 28% increase from 2023, reflecting an increase in homelessness seen ...

With housing costs on the rise, the idea of owning a home can feel like a fairytale. But New Zealand couple James and Leonie have found a way to thrive in a sustainable tiny home and food forest ...

In 2022, Mecklenburg County scooped up an unassuming hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina — the TownePlace Suites Arrowood — for $10.5 million. They did it with a vision in mind: to turn the hotel into ...

West Japan Railway Company — or JR West — has just announced that it will build what it says will be the world’s first 3D-printed train station. While 3D printing has emerged as a more sustainable and ...

In the summer of 2021, The Johnson & Wales University campus in East Denver, Colorado ceased operations. In the place of the college, stakeholders said, the property would be transformed into “a hub ...

In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General released an urgent advisory, educating the country on the loneliness epidemic. With this advisory, the American Medical Association was directed to develop ...

Growing up in St. Cloud, Florida, 11-year-old Kenzie and 9-year-old Kayleigh became well-acquainted with hurricane season. And when Hurricane Helene hit Florida in late September and continued up the ...

In Sacramento, California sits a tiny house neighborhood where emancipated foster youth — or those between the ages of 18-24 facing homelessness — find the first place that is all their own. Formed by ...

When Rob Scheer was a 12-year-old walking into the foster care system in the 1970s, he carried everything he owned in a trash bag. His case worker told him to shove his belongings into a trash bag to ...