On the Thursday, November 13, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: In honor of World Kindness Day — we’ve partnered with the Humankind team at USA TODAY for a deeper exploration on the topic of ...

Meg Stringam Bjorklund was 13 when she felt like her life fell apart. She changed schools, lost all her friends and struggled with anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. Her family was at a loss ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. Would you donate a kidney to a stranger? Or put yourself at ...

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too narrowly – ...

DEER PARK, Texas (KTRK) -- A Good Samaritan says he learned a scary lesson about the cost of helping strangers after he was carjacked by a woman he was trying to help. James Sparkman said he was ...

Outside a bank on Long Beach’s 2nd Street, a woman is crying. Nico Patino, a street poet sitting at an antique table, takes in her turmoil. “Proud of you,” he says before turning back to his old ...

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too ...

A young bonobo, a species capable of altruism. Source: Photo Courtesy of Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary Humans are complicated. Sometimes we hurt each other and sometimes we help each other. In the ongoing ...