After months of deliberation and no shortage of public controversy, the Peoria City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night that will allow the city to put people in jail for a refusal to leave ...

Sometimes, a single moment of compassion can change everything. A nurse’s quiet kindness, a stranger’s flower, a random act ...

Random acts of kindness are never truly random. They are the quiet decisions of people with enough wisdom and generosity to ...

In 1859, Charles Darwin unveiled a theory of Evolution that shook the scientific world: the survival of the fittest, where nature thrives on ruthless competition and efficiency. This dog-eat-dog ...

In 2016, strangers linked hands to rescue a trapped dog; today, a bronze monument stands to honor their courage and compassion.

The American Friends Service Committee says that it promotes a world free of violence, inequality, and oppression. Add to that compassion for others, and you have the basic philosophy that motivates ...

When those we dislike or disagree with suffer, it feels complicated. There can be a reflexive sense of validation or numbness. But if we stay with it, something softer can arise: care. I call this ...

Compassion is not empathy, though compassion depends upon empathy. Whereas empathy is the ability to take another’s perspective—cognitive and/or emotional—compassion is the motivation to alleviate ...

Amid a world with growing rancor and discord and hate and war, we have lost a needed voice for peace and human compassion with the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, leaving behind a church ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "Big Little Lies" star reposted the former first lady's statement on the assassination attempt against her husband, former ...

Commentary: The digitized life leaves no room for human error – or human compassion. Commentary: The digitized life leaves no room for human error – or human ...