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“A Small Way for the Communities to Heal”: Artist Honors LA Wildfire Victims With Free Drawings of Lost Homes

Two guitars hang on the avocado-hued wall of a living room, just above a white dresser holding up speakers and a record player. A comfy-looking chair sits to the right, adorned with colorful patterned blankets. The vibe is cozy, warm, and eclectic. Today, that living room — and the rest of the house it’s attached […]

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“Their Coat Is Really Their Home”: With Thousands of Coat Drives Per Year, This Organization Is Keeping America Warm

Nice News has partnered with One Warm Coat for our Cause of the Season — a quarterly fundraising initiative spotlighting nonprofits doing essential work to make the world a better place. Click here to donate to the organization, and read on for our interview with President & CEO Beth Amodio.  You might see coat drives

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Neighbors and Strangers Pulled Together to Help LA Fire Survivors — 60 Years of Research Shows These Unsung Heroes Are Crucial to Disaster Response

This article was written by Tricia Wachtendorf, a professor of sociology and director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, and James Kendra, a professor of public policy and administration and director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to

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How Kevin Bacon’s Late Mother Inspired His Nonprofit’s Newest Community Initiative — “My Mom Was So Selfless”

When it comes to philanthropy, Kevin Bacon likes to keep things personal. In 2007, he founded SixDegrees.org, a youth-centered social impact organization that takes its title from the popular parlor game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. And now, the nonprofit is launching a new initiative named in honor of the Footloose actor’s late mother.  Called

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The 3 Types of Empathy and How to Increase Them in Your Relationships

From about the age of 3 onward, the typical human being has the capacity to experience the emotional state of another person. That capacity is empathy, and it’s critical to our well-being — both as individuals and as a collective.  “In general, empathy is a powerful predictor of things we consider to be positive behaviors

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“You Don’t Have to Change”: Gretchen Rubin Shares 4 Practical Lessons for Leading a Happier Life

Happiness is hard to characterize. Is it contentment? Satisfaction? Joy? Ask author Gretchen Rubin, who studies and writes about the subject, and she won’t miss a beat in answering.  “I do not define it,” Rubin told Nice News matter-of-factly. “I started my career in law where we spent an entire semester arguing about contracts, and

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A Year of Giving, in Review: Nice News Readers Raised Over $26K in 2024

Most of the time, Nice News reports on the positive goings-on around the world. But sometimes, we make those positive stories happen ourselves. That’s the case with the Cause of the Month initiative, which raised a whopping $26,104 in 2024, just from Nice News readers’ donations.  Each month this year, we gave our community the

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Flight Attendant Passes a Journal Around on Trips — And Passengers Pour Their Hearts Out

The power of journaling to boost well-being has been proven about a million times over, but the studies bearing out its benefits tend to focus on notebooks that are kept to oneself. Pouring your heart out on the page and then passing it around to strangers isn’t commonly recommended by mental health professionals, but thanks

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Founded by 2 Sisters-in-Law, Lip Balm Brand Beauty by Jenna Aims to Empower Adults With Autism

Beauty by Jenna’s all-natural lip balms, with their brightly colored packaging and scrumptious flavors, do more than just moisturize — they also provide jobs for people on the autism spectrum. That’s the motivation behind the cosmetics company founded by Jenna Grabow and Anna Lundmark.  And the first person for whom the brand helped find employment

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