Good News

Common’s nonprofit has launched a criminal justice reform campaign to address the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities.

Actor Michael K. Williams and the nonprofit NYC Together are helping at-risk youth secure summer jobs.

For the first time in its 274-year history, Princeton University has a Black valedictorian.

Actress Taraji P. Henson’s Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation joined forces with the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation to provide mental health services for essential workers.

A collective of Detroit-based chefs donated 20,000 meals to the homeless amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A mother-daughter nurse duo traveled from Arkansas to NYC to join those who are on the frontlines of fighting the pandemic.

A teen from Massachusetts was accepted into all 8 Ivy League schools.

A Mississippi-based math teacher is combating food insecurity among his students by delivering breakfast and lunch to them daily.

Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer donated breathing monitors to hospitals in New York and Alabama.

Television host Trevor Noah will pay the salaries of ‘The Daily Show’ staff members who have been furloughed.

Songstress Janelle Monáe teamed up with nonprofit organizations to distribute over 5,000 free meals to Atlanta residents in need.

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross surprised over 100 Spelman students during one of their Zoom meetings.