PW spoke with three educators who are encouraging their students to make a world of difference in the lives of others, not ...

Altruism, such as volunteering and donating, has been shown to improve happiness and well-being, and may be fundamental to ...

Effective altruism, a 21st-century movement that encourages individuals to do the most good by donating to cost-effective ...

Al Capone's soup kitchens provided food for the needy during the Great Depression, a gesture contrasting his criminal ...

A man has been taken into custody for the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO—and the digital footprint he left behind is ...

A large new study suggests there might be good reason to indulge in chocolate this holiday season: It found that people who ...

In her book, Ms. Schiller ties her criticism of effective altruism to broader questions about optimization, writing: “At a ...

Filmmaker Penny Lane joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her film “Confessions of a Good Samaritan,” in which she ...

Altruism is losing ground to greed and self-interest as donations increasingly get structured as personal investments, a new report argues.

Altruism is considered an attractive trait in romantic partners. Studies suggest that altruistic behaviors can signal good ...

Kylian Mbappé passed the penalty to Jude Bellingham against Getafe, and the Italian coach of Real Madrid praised the gesture ...