A Man Suffered a Heart Attack on the Train. Another Passenger Rushed to Help Just In Time.
Avi Hatami and Brad Wieboldt.Screenshot via Newsday Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. Avi Hatami was on a commuter train outside New York, studying for a medical exam, when he heard something. Hatami, an aspiring doctor just 10 months…
A Quiet Milestone for a Man Who Brought Dignity to the Presidency
Former President Jimmy Carter at a Habitat for Humanity building site in Memphis, Tennessee.Mark Humphrey/AP He has never sought great riches, or to capitalize on the presidency for personal gain. He lives in a home that is assessed for a lesser value than the armored Secret Service vehicle that sits outside it. Last week, at 94, Jimmy…
United in Tragedy, Pittsburgh’s Jewish Community Is Raising Money for the Christchurch Victims
A woman places a candle near Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand.Carl Court/Getty Images For members of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, the mosque shootings that killed at least 50 people in Christchurch, New Zealand felt all too familiar. After hearing about the shooting last Friday, the congregation quickly began raising funds for the…
He Lost Almost Everything in Syria. In Canada, His New Neighbors Are Helping Him Start Over.
Isaam Hadhad with Frank Gallant in the chocolate factory. Jonathan Keijser/Courtesy of the Atlantic In Syria, Isaam Hadhad ran one of the largest chocolate factories in the Middle East. But after a bombing destroyed his factory, Hadhad and his family fled to a refugee camp in Lebanon, eventually gaining asylum in Nova Scotia, Canada, in…
Saving One of America’s Last Black Women’s Colleges
Courtesy of High Point University Just two months ago, Bennett College looked like it might have to close its doors. One of the last two remaining historically black colleges for women, Bennett lacked the funds needed to meet its accreditation requirements. But over 55 days, the 146-year-old North Carolina school used social media and found…
The Award-Winning Author Who Wrote a Book From Prison, One Text at a Time
Behrouz BoochaniCourtesy of Amnesty International Kurdish Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani has spent nearly six years locked in a detention center on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, barred from entering Australia under the nation’s hardline immigration policies. But prison didn’t stop Boochani from writing a book, composed one WhatsApp text at a time to his…