ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Jenny Ireland was in desperate need of a new liver, so she and her husband posted signs and billboards across the city searching for a donor. Those signs now read, “Thank you,” ...

Abdulla Ali is jailed for two years after he performed a sex act on a woman after she collapsed in Gloucester.

Small acts of kindness can make a big difference. These people, in very different situations, discovered how much goodness matters. What I saw in the Costco parking lot after putting my phone down. I ...

Amid all the chaos in the world, sometimes you just need a little reminder that people can be genuinely good. This collection ...

PLANO, Texas — Kimberly Briggs has been homeless since the beginning of the year. The once-Plano resident lives out of the Cadillac she calls 'Ole Bessie' and parks it in around three or four parts of ...

The belief that the good in humans outweighs the bad is sometimes referred to as our "faith in humanity" (FIH). Rather than all or none, we might think of it on a continuum. After a particularly ...

If this year taught us anything, it's that our collective faith in humanity was a currency subject to wild fluctuations. Seemingly every day, something would happen that would destroy our faith, only ...

This past week I walked to my local grocery store, thinking the entire way about rising prices other things that seem to be wrong in our country. I had four items to purchase and placed them on the ...

Let's be real — it's easy for doomscrolling through headlines these days to feel like basically punishing yourself because of all that's going on, from war and corruption to climate angst and general ...

A routine airport layover turned into a life-saving effort when a group of passengers sprang into action to help a man in cardiac distress. The incident unfolded on Jan. 22 as a traveler, waiting for ...

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