Activism

A pilot project to combat homelessness could help rough sleepers not only survive this winter, but maybe even get off the streets for good.

The EducationSuperHighway nonprofit plans to narrow the digital divide in America by deploying free WiFi networks in apartment buildings.

The violence prevention app Philly Truce connects people in personal conflicts with volunteer mediators trained to resolve them.

Facing Homelessness builds tiny houses for homeless people in Seattle homeowners' backyards to address a shortage of affordable housing.

Our economy was designed to exclude and exploit people of color. These entrepreneurs are working to level the scales.

This American city was ranked one of the worst for the success of black-owned businesses. Can these young entrepreneurs change that?

Groups of violence interrupters are spending time in dangerous neighborhoods so they can be present to defuse potentially violent situations.

The Underdog Devs nonprofit helps former prisoners make the connections they need to secure jobs in the technology industry

When Inspiration4 launches on September 15, it'll mark a new era in space tourism as the first all-civilian mission to space.

Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is letting Hurricane Ida victims displaced by the storm sleep in his showroom.