Researchers, nonprofit leaders, and other experts share what keeps them optimistic about a better future for American society ...

Hope Versus Optimism The terms “hope” and “optimism” are sometimes used interchangeably. While there are various resemblances ...

People seem angry, grumpy and mean. In dark times, it is tempting to abandon hope and retreat in fear to a bunker. But if we ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

His work focuses on how people can learn to connect better with others. In these increasingly cynical times, Zaki says hope is actually a skill that can be deliberately nourished. “In 1972 ...

We have certain patterns of thought and certain, I think, predilections toward wanting something to tell us the answers that it feels really universal in some way, and so I hope that people will ...

Both times, she won in a landslide, but the experience made her realize the need for a campaign bootcamp centered around people in recovery. Similar bootcamps are conducted by major political ...

The Walz family entered the national spotlight almost overnight in August, leading Hope to throw some essentials in a paper bag and hit the campaign trail at a moment's notice. Now, she's ...

However, as the vaccine continues to roll out quickly, I am hopeful that my final year as a college student will end on a positive note, and I will be able to celebrate our commencement in-person with ...

We are so much more than those last conversations, whether we get to have them or not. I hope people can look at the overall relationship versus defining it by one moment in time.” In a past ...

Looking after people around the suicide is of upmost importance to the film and to us.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Harry Richards Film (@harryrichardsfilm) “We hope people come away ...