“My grandmothers cooked, if it was a good day or a bad day, if they were happy or if they were sad, they cooked. They loved on people with food,” Gary LeBlanc told Nice News on a phone call from Portsmouth, Virginia in mid-April. The career restaurateur and hotelier, whose family hails from New Iberia, […]
When Maria looked at herself in the mirror for the first time after her mastectomy, she stood very still. One hand rested on the bathroom counter. The other hovered near the flat space where her breast had been. The scar was raw and angry. The loss was quiet but enormous. Her body felt foreign.
Growing up in rural Kansas can be a vastly different experience than growing up in New York City, and not just in terms of geography. In a large nation like the U.S., the population differs widely in income levels, values, ideas, ethnicities, religions, languages, you name it. What’s perhaps more interesting than what we don’t
When you think of volunteering, you likely picture someone ladling up hearty bowls of soup at a food pantry or caring for pups at an animal shelter. But while these are among the most popular opportunities out there, there are myriad other ways to give back to society in your free time — and no
Can giving homeless people $750 a month to use any way they choose help them move into long-term housing? I am the director of the University of Southern California Homelessness Policy Research Institute. My research team, in partnership with Miracle Messages, a San Francisco social services nonprofit, set out to answer that question in a study that will be published in an upcoming peer-reviewed issue of Social Work Research.
Jason VanRuler is an author and psychotherapist specializing in communication, attachment, and relationships. Have you ever walked away from a conversation thinking to yourself “That went really well,” only to learn later that the conversation did not actually go well? I can remember early on in my marriage having a challenging talk about relocating to
When Megan Keaveny didn’t get a great response to the flyers she posted asking strangers to share their good news using a QR code, the New York City transplant opted for a more direct approach. She took a black marker to some poster board and wrote “Tell Me Something Good.” Then she stood on the
An 11-year-old named Kirsty Waugh is on a unique mission. She’s tracking down every other Kirsty in the world. And she’s doing it for a good cause — to raise money and awareness for people with brain tumors.
Since going on vacation together 44 years ago, a group of friends has carried on a sweet tradition: posing for the same photo at the same spot every five years. Now 62 years old, pals John Wardlaw, Mark Rumer-Cleary, Dallas Burney, John Molony, and John “JD” Dickson all attended Southern California’s Santa Barbara High School.
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When homeless shelters allow people to stay with their dogs and other pets, more unhoused people become more willing to stay in a shelter.
That’s what my team at the University of Southern California’s Homelessness Policy Research Institute learned when we evaluated California’s Pet Assistance and Support Program.
