• People

Hero of the Week: Hunter Filz

• conservation
• Shark Week
• sharks

Third-grader Hunter Filz may only be eight but he already understands the importance of sharks to ecosystems. For his birthday this year he has been raising money for the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy to protect the animals he cares so deeply about. Hunter developed his passion for sharks as a baby and hopes to become a […]

• Politics

Heroes of the Week: Investigative Reporters In Ohio Who Blew the Lid On Dirty Power Scandal

• coal
• corruption
• dark money
• FirstEnergy Corporation
• nuclear power
• racketeering

A team of investigative reporters from the Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, and the Columbus Dispatch (all part of the USA Today Network) have been doing some top-notch investigative reporting, helping to expose one of the largest corruption scheme in the history of the state.  Their recent stories have shed a light on the elaborate […]

• People

Our Hero of The Week: Donating Her Allowance To Help Ensure Fair Elections

• access to voting
• ballot box
• Brennan Center
• conservation
• equal access to voting
• Vote

This week our hero is eight-year-old Ali Hirsch, who won’t vote for another ten years but wants to make a difference.  She has donated all her saved allowance and birthday money to an organization fighting to make sure every American can vote in November, with the help of her parents of course.  She chose The […]

• People

Hero of the Week: Olivia Tyler

• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• public health

You’re never too young to make a difference and seven-year-old Olivia Tyler is on a mission to protect Chicago’s homeless from COVID-19 by providing housing insecure people free facemasks. Olivia’s Mom Linda told Good Morning America that her daughter turned to her and asked, “How are homeless people going to get masks? How are they […]

• People

Heroes of the Week: Gurpreet Singh and the Riverside Gurdwara

• community
• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• hunger

  The coronavirus pandemic has compounded food insecurity around the world and in the United States has placed great strain on foodbanks. As a result, faith groups have worked diligently to help feed their neighbors. As CNN reported, Gurpreet Singh and other members of the Sikh community in Riverside, California, started to organize efforts to […]

• Food

Heroes of the Week: LGBTQ Farmers Changing Hearts and Minds Through Food

As Pride Month has come to a close, we wanted to recognize members of the LGBTQ+ community who are breaking down barriers —  gastronomic and cultural.  Earlier this week a blog on Ecowatch.com called Food Tank spotlighted 24 collectives, farms, and other organizations that are working to strengthen LGBTQ+ representation in the food system, which […]