Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
A nonprofit who redistributes excess food to feed people experiencing food insecurity.
New York
New York governor signs law raising age to own semiautomatic rifle
New York’s Legislature passed the bills last week, pushing the changes through after a pair of mass shootings involving 18-year-old gunmen using semiautomatic rifles.
Rectal cancer immunotherapy trials deliver ‘unheard of’ remission in all 14 patients
In every case, the rectal cancer disappeared after immunotherapy and the cancer has not returned in any of the patients, who have been cancer-free for up to two years.
GiveDirectly
A nonprofit organization operating in East Africa that helps families living in extreme poverty by making unconditional cash transfers to them via mobile phone
DoSomething
A nonprofit organization based in New York City that seeks to inspire, empower, and assist the next generation of youth in creating social change
DonorsChoose
A United States-based nonprofit organization that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom projects
New York enacts first-in-nation plan to electrify all state school buses
The historic legislation aims for all new school bus purchases to be zero emission by 2027, while requiring that all buses in operation are electric by 2035.
Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for company’s first unionized warehouse in U.S.
The outcome represents a landmark win for organized labor, which has for years tried to organize Amazon warehouse and delivery workers.
Carbon Collective
An SEC-registered financial advisor that connects U.S.-based clients to climate-friendly investment options
GreenWave
A nonprofit based in New York City and Connecticut that provides training, tools, and support to a baseline of 10,000 regenerative ocean farmers