Inspirational Profile
A first-grade teacher named Alvin Irby saw one of his students bored in a Bronx barbershop and wished the boy had a book. That single thought became Barbershop Books — a nonprofit that now reaches more than 15,000 children a year through over 260 barbershops, and this year was named the Un
Patriotism
At 99 years old, World War II veteran Glenn Fisher finally received the Purple Heart his country had owed him since 1945 — 81 years after German shrapnel wounded him at the Rhine River. A decades-old reporting error had kept it from him, until people who cared set the record right, just mo
Environmental Victories
A starving orphan manatee named Alpine was rescued from Florida's Crystal River, rehabbed for two years, released - then rescued all over again. On June 23rd he finally swam free for good.
Children & Education
Twenty-one Santa Cruz County, California high schoolers just became world champions in underwater robotics - after finishing third place two years in a row. Hephaestus Robotics, part of a free STEM program open to any student, beat 47 teams from 13 countries at the 2026 MATE ROV World Cham