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 ...

In 1978, Eligio Peña, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, opened his first family-owned grocery store in Queens, New York: Compare Foods. The chain grew quickly, expanding to neighboring ...

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 ...

This weekend, as President Donald Trump met with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation, New York Congresswoman Alexandria ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. I’m eating Dawn the Yorkshire pig, and she’s quite tasty. But don’t worry. She’s doing perfectly fine, ...

For many of us, anxiety and depression stemming from the climate crisis have become nearly ubiquitous with the plight of modern life. We deliver quippy one-liners about the world being on fire, share ...

According to the latest Gallup poll on LGBTQ+ identification, 9.3% of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or something other than heterosexual — signaling that respondents ...

Social isolation kills. It increases your risk of death by 30% — roughly the same as smoking cigarettes and much worse than factors such as obesity and sedentary living. Americans are living through ...

Calumma gallus is a small chameleon from eastern Madagascar that scientists still don’t fully understand. But thanks to a new study led by German herpetologist Frank Glaw, scientists have a new grasp ...

San Francisco’s Muttville Senior Dog Rescue hosts monthly meetups for elderly community members — both human and canine. Three-quarters of U.S. households display a tree during the holidays. Here's ...

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, ...

When gift-giving holidays roll around, those of us who care about social and environmental justice are always trying to balance our desire to give meaningful gifts with the knowledge that so many of ...