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Vancouver Benches Convert to Shelters
A Vancouver charity, RainCity Housing, is giving homeless people in this rainy city some dry coverage and a place to rest by converting city...
Inspired by Hometown Visit, Madonna Opens Her Wallet to Detroit
Excited by the progress she'd witnessed on a recent visit to Detroit, Madonna announced yesterday the" first phase of a long-term commitment" to help revitalize...
Gift Economy Takes Root in Vancouver – Cars, Cruise and Kayaks Given Away
Brice Royer was diagnosed with a rare type of stomach cancer and began looking for the cause. He decided that if his life were filled...
Film Shows Women Using Soccer to Battle Homelessness, Addiction
"When I first heard about the Homeless World Cup I was stunned," said Micha X. Peled, the filmmaker of the new project, GOAL!
"I am...
Former Corporate Shark Feeds The Hungry
David Gerson drives an aging Volvo station wagon with a coffee stain on the passenger seat --hardly the type of car usually driven by...
Pastor Brings Grace to Gangland
What would make a man pack up his wife and seven children and move from a safe Arizona suburb to one of the deadliest...
By Planting a Garden, Community Changes The Neighborhood
With shovels, rakes, and hoes in hand, the women of a Mississauga housing complex transformed a vacant piece of land into a bountiful garden...
Sean Penn and Celebrity Friends Raise Millions for Haiti
The eve of the fourth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Sean Penn's friends came out to support his Haitian relief organization's 3rd...
Utah On Track To End Homelessness By 2015
The success of a 10-year initiative to end long-term homelessness could mean the closure of homeless shelters in Utah. The state has reduced its...
Teen Spends More Than $500 Buying Gifts For Homeless
A Minnesota high school senior is a picture of the holiday season of giving, donating her entire paycheck to buy Christmas gifts for more...
Most Influential Adult at Trinity High School? The Janitor.
Perhaps no adult employed at Trinity High School has had more influence over students or changed more young lives than Charles Clark, the school's...
For American Workers, A Week Stuffed With Good News
As we reported Tuesday, the U.S. economy is continuing to gain steam. Housing, manufacturing, auto sales rates have all been rising.
This week has also...
New Fund for Asia to Protect Poor From Climate Extremes
A new $140 million fund to boost climate resilience in cities in six Asian countries was launched on Friday by the Rockefeller Foundation, the...
Chase to Pay $13 Billion for Selling Bad Mortgages, $4B to Help Homeowners
A settlement was reached in the civil suit brought by the Obama Administration's Justice Department against JPMorgan Chase & Co. regarding wrongdoing that led...
Emergency House Can Be Built In 5 Hours
In the wake of a natural disaster, whole cities must commence rebuilding. The challenge for social entrepreneurs in countries like Haiti, who want to...
(UPDATE) Fund For Honest Boston Homeless Man Breaks $100,000
The fund for Glen James, set up for the homeless man who returned a backpack with $42,000 inside, has collected more than double that...
Another Banner Year for California Rooftop Solar
In January 2007, California began an unprecedented $3.3 billion ratepayer funded effort to add 3,000 MW of new solar installations over the next decade....
Interfaith Churches Convince Banks to Give $30 Million to Help Foreclosed Families
An interfaith group in Virginia has shown what a grassroots group can do when working together for positive change -- in this case, helping...
Home Prices Rise 10 Percent, Power US Optimism
Home prices surged during the first quarter at their fastest pace in nearly seven years, the latest sign of a sustained economic recovery.
The housing-market...
Just Confirmed: New Energy Source Could Power the World With Clean Efficient Fusion
After twice conducting four days of continuous measurement on a controversial energy unit, a group of independent scientists reportedly confirmed the existence of unexplained...