Johnny Cash: Life, Love, and the Magic of Being Your Badass Self

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Chantele Theroux on how to live and love like the Man in Black.

5 Guys Talking: Men of Action

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An AIDS activist, a Christian missionary, a wilderness first responder, and a revolutionary rock star… Premium Members talk to four men who’ve made it their lives’ work to help other people, and how any of us can be prepared to take action in a crisis.

Dehumanization, Paternalism and Charity: On #FitchTheHomeless

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Jamie Utt explains that while the person behind dressing homeless people in Abercrombie & Fitch was probably trying to do good, using people as pawns is dehumanizing.

Rich Man, Poor Man

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Why should the obscenely rich scale back so they’re just extremely rich?

Empathy & Why the Rich are not More Generous than the Poor

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On the importance of bumping shoulders with people unlike ourselves.

Gardening for Others

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Scott Terry learned compassion for the hungry from a childhood of hunger. Now he gardens an urban plot to feed others.

Ten Things I’ve Learned From Mail-Outs

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Josh Bowman has licked his share of envelopes, applied his share of stamps, and affixed his share of labels. Here are some of the things he has learned from putting together mailings.

Frankly, I Do Give a Damn

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An encounter in the grocery parking lot changes Greg White’s resolutions for this and every year.

VIDEO: A California Man Donates His Home to a Family For a Year

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Tony Tolbert learned about giving from his father, and he is putting those lessons to good use.

My Brother Lives on the Streets

Donald, left, and Erik, in the same hand-me-down shirt, five years apart.

At the holidays, Donald D’Haene feels particularly moved to help homeless people.

Nude Calendar Raises Funds For Anti-Bullying Charity

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The Warwick rowing team gets naked for a good cause: fighting anti-gay bullying in schools and sports.

NASCAR and Animal Rescue: An Interview With Greg Biffle

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The Good Men Project’s Matthew Crowder talks with NASCAR star Greg Biffle about his life off the track, and his animal rescue operation.

What’s in a Mane?

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Greg White’s Delilah was a leather-clad hairdresser named Lorenzo.

Living in Gratitude

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Compassion doesn’t have a zip code.

Enjoy the Ride

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Atalwin has traveled the world to discover ‘the only terrain that is still relatively unexplored is the journey inwards.’

“We Didn’t Know.”

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No one wants to hear stories of abuse, but that failure to listen has turned into a disbelief of victims.