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 ...

Willful ignorance abounds in daily life. People regularly look the other way rather than examining the consequences of their actions. Despite the plethora of scientific evidence for climate change, ...

I am so intrigued by people who are altruistic, people who are so selfless that they help generously without any expectations. Pessimistically, we assume that people like this are rare to come by.

Gill Hicks underwent a shift in purpose after a terrorist attack. Source: TEDxSydney/Flickr A sense of purpose means having a central, overarching goal (or goals) that provides a sense of motivation, ...

Despite being a tad too long and a trifle repetitive, the documentary essay “Confessions of a Good Samaritan” from American helmer Penny Lane is a thought-provoking personal investigation into a ...

If you want to increase your happiness and well-being, spend your money, time or energy on someone else. Research consistently finds that acts of altruism, such as donating money, volunteering or ...

Many Americans on the political right appear to have adopted the notion that selfishness is a desirable personal and public ...

A ltruism isn't just reserved for fictional heroes. A new study has shown that Batman inspires everyday people to be more ...

If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from ...

Altruistic kidney donation remains extremely rare across the United States. The unusual gift has linked these two Mid-South ...