The 2026 Winter Olympic Games — taking place in Milan, Italy and surrounding areas — are right around the corner. Spectators now have a glimpse into where athletes will be staying when they’re not ...

When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes around delivering gifts to children during the Christmas season probably comes to mind. Yet, not everyone who dons ...

I was hired at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 as a language professor. I relocated from Hawaii, where I had learned the Hawaiian language. When I arrived in Colorado, I decided I needed to ...

In 2023, former United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm about a public health crisis plaguing the country: Social isolation. And thus was coined the “loneliness epidemic.” ...

The Good Life is an Oakland, California-based nonprofit that offers healthy aging activities for older adults, especially those in marginalized communities. However, it originated as a clinical ...

Most of us know the last part of the year as a time of giving. Whether that comes in the form of thoughtful gifts for your loved ones, opportunities to volunteer your time within your community, ...

An estimated 1.4 million New Yorkers are food insecure, according to the latest data from nonprofit City Harvest. And in East Harlem, which has a majority Hispanic and Black population, an estimated ...

Massachusetts is home to 13,000 acres of cranberry bogs, making it the second-largest cranberry-producing region in the U.S. and the third-largest in the world. The bright, red berries are the state’s ...

It’s no secret that homosexual behavior is natural in the animal kingdom. Bonin flying foxes, a type of bat, curl up in same-sex clusters to keep warm during mating season. Male zebra finches form ...

As the Trump administration rolls out another heavy-handed Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in a United States city, residents of Charlotte, North Carolina are not going down without a ...

East of Amsterdam in the city of Almere, a living experiment is taking place in the Dutch suburb of Oosterwold. The hidden gem is the Netherlands’ newest city, and its 5,000 inhabitants enjoy the ...

Over 15 years ago, Cassie Carney founded Broken Biscuits, a charity in the United Kingdom that supports disabled dogs, the ones often left behind at the shelter. She, along with a crew of volunteers, ...