In 2021, Minnesota brass band Brass Solidarity was formed in response to the murder of George Floyd — and the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. Their goal was simple: To bring people together to ...

Next to the need for safe and supportive housing, people experiencing homelessness are also in desperate need of mental and behavioral healthcare. To bridge the gap, Albany County in New York is ...

On Wednesday, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended upon Minnesota in its latest in a series of immigration raids, an ICE officer shot and killed a Minneapolis woman, 37-year-old Renee ...

Over the past 14 years, Portland, Oregon area strippers have donated $183,000 worth of toys to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital during their annual holiday fundraiser: Tatas for Toys. This makes them ...

In 2012, Brooklyn’s Mike Matthews was at work when one of his coworkers came into the office, lamenting a recent breakup. As she opened up to him, a singular thought crossed his mind: She needs to ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, heavy-handed budget cuts gutted the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. In February, the USFS announced it would be firing around 3,400 recent hires, and the NPS would ...

For as long as many of us have encountered vending machines on college campuses, waiting rooms, and workplace lounges, they have been a reliable place to get a chocolate bar and a bottle of soda. But ...

As electrification infrastructure expands across Europe, Austria encountered a problem: the general public is not fond of how the new pylons — which resemble traditional power lines — look. So, the ...

As an estimated 1.4 million federal workers enter a third week either furloughed or working without pay, private nonprofits continue to show up in support of those impacted by the government shutdown.

Plastic has become such a ubiquitous material in our daily lives because, up until recently, there hasn’t really been anything like it. It’s strong and durable, relatively cheap to make, and easy to ...

For high school students in the Boulder Valley School District in Boulder, Colorado, shop class just got an upgrade. As part of the Boulder MOD project, these students spend part of their school day ...