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San Pedro, California Is Home to the Country’s Only Volunteer-Run Post Office

A vintage postcard of San Pedro, California.

San Pedro, California Is Home to the Country’s Only Volunteer-Run Post Office

5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

A wildfire near Shaver Lake, California, earlier this month.

5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

5 Ways You Can Help Victims of Hurricane Laura

A volunteer for World Central Kitchen prepares hurricane relief meals.

5 Ways You Can Help Victims of Hurricane Laura

This Organization Designs Resources to Help Educators Teach Difficult Parts of History in Sensitive, Constructive Ways

Facing History and Ourselves students visit the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

This Organization Designs Resources to Help Educators Teach Difficult Parts of History in Sensitive, Constructive Ways

The West Wing Cast Is Filming a Reunion Special to Promote Voter Participation This Fall

Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, and Martin Sheen in The West Wing.

Google Teams Up With The Conscious Kid on a Book List to Promote Racial Equity in Classrooms

Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone is on the list, and for good reason.

Dolly Parton and Drag Queen Nina West Just Released a Special Clothing and Accessory Line to Benefit LGBTQ+ Youth

Dolly Parton and Nina West both have big hair and even bigger hearts.

This Organization Is Bringing LGBTQ+ Representation to Rural Schools One Box of Books at a Time

Hope in a Box is giving kids the chance to balance out their Brontë with some Baldwin.

5 Organizations That Empower Black Communities—and How You Can Help

Attorney Nina Shaw speaks at a 2019 awards ceremony for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

This 10-Year-Old Is Sending Art Supplies to Hundreds of Kids in Homeless Shelters and Foster Homes

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You Can Watch a Free Livestream of John Wick This Friday Night

You’re going to be stuck at home, and Keanu Reeves is going to be wearing this turtleneck. Also, it’s for charity.

Ireland Is Repaying a Famine-Era Generosity by Donating Millions to Native Americans Fighting COVID-19

Ireland's Great Famine in the 1840s struck a chord with the Choctaw people, who were well-acquainted with starvation, poverty, and oppression.

Mattel Unveils New First Responder Action Figures to Raise Money for Coronavirus Relief

The collection includes nurses, doctors, EMTs, and delivery drivers.

Publix Is Buying More Than 150,000 Pounds of Produce From Farmers and Donating It to Food Banks

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6 Charities Providing Coronavirus Relief—And How You Can Help

Direct Relief is shipping masks and other personal protective equipment to healthcare institutions around the nation.

Vietnam Installs Innovative ‘Rice ATMs’ to Give Food to Local Residents

A "rice ATM" in Hanoi, Vietnam.