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Do-Gooders

The Flying Santas Who Airdrop Christmas Cheer to America’s Lighthouse Keepers
When a 1920s aviation pioneer launched a thank-you project for the families that keep coastal ships safe, he propelled a tradition that’s lasted longer…
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Crystal Ponti
The Vegan Who Bought Her Husband's Cattle Ranch
...and turned it into an animal sanctuary.
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Elizabeth Enochs
The Club Helping Women of Color Finally Talk About Depression
Elyse Fox isn’t keeping quiet about her depression anymore, and she doesn’t want other women to have to, either.
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Britta Lokting
New Mexico Has the Highest Teen Pregnancy Rate in the Nation. One Group Is There With Help—for the Dads.
How a tiny nonprofit prepares nervous young fathers for life’s biggest challenge, and then sticks with them for years to come.
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Adele Oliveira
My Secret Life on the Front Lines of America’s Conservation Movement
From tracking wolf-poachers and dodging bears to dissecting deer doodoo, the work of a traveling wildlife biologist isn’t pretty, but it sure is…
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Jesse Alston
The Flying Santas Who Airdrop Christmas Cheer to America’s Lighthouse Keepers
When a 1920s aviation pioneer launched a thank-you project for the families that keep coastal ships safe, he propelled a tradition that’s lasted longer…
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Crystal Ponti
The Man Who’s Building Homes From Plastic Bottles
In only a few decades there will be more pieces of plastic in the sea than fish. Robert Bezeau made it his mission to do something good with all that…
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MEL Films
These Amateur Fact-Checkers Took on Their Country’s Lying Politicians
After a consolidation of power in Romania, politicos thought they could get away with anything. These outraged citizens thought otherwise.
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Daniel Krieger
How a Hand-Cranked Radio Battled AIDS in Africa
A prolific inventor dreamed up everything from the self-weighing suitcase to electricity-generating shoes. But his ultimate invention was a simple…
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David Beazley
Bernie Goetz, Squirrel Vigilante
New York’s infamous subway shooter is on an unorthodox mission to save the city’s squirrels—even if that means putting their snouts in his mouth.
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Molly Socha
Raiding Brothels and Taking Names
How a midnight crusader became a daylight disruptor with grand plans to conquer Cambodia’s crippling culture of sex trafficking and child labor.
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Laurie Lico Albanese
A Beam of Hope
As the new World Trade Center rises over Manhattan, a determined group of New Jersey firefighters are building a stirring tribute from one of the last…
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Sophie Butcher & Jaclyn Einis
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