- How you can help people trapped in Yemen's humanitarian crisis https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-11-29/heres-how-you-can-send-help-people-trapped-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crisis 9 comments worldnews
- How do people afford to go help in crisis? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/78zymh/how_do_people_afford_to_go_help_in_crisis/ 15 comments personalfinance
- "The Committee to Save the World" : Why have the people who helped cause the economic crisis been chosen to help fix it? http://provocativepenguin.com/2011/08/the-committee-to-save-the-world/ 7 comments politics
- Taxing Rich Peoples' Empty Homes Isn't Helping the Housing Crisis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-16/taxing-the-rich-do-housing-prices-fall-when-empty-second-homes-are-taxed 4 comments economy
- Call for 1m people to join UK's biggest mass tree-planting campaign - Woodland Trust urges volunteers to grab a spade and help tackle the climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/23/call-for-1m-people-join-uk-biggest-mass-tree-planting-campaign 76 comments worldnews
- Help people in ‘once in a century crisis’, says PM Modi | India News https://m.timesofindia.com/india/help-people-in-once-in-a-century-crisis-says-pm-modi/articleshow/82335891.cms 13 comments india
- Virtual Reality Therapy: Treating The Global Mental Health Crisis | How virtual reality is helping people confront and deal with their problems. https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/06/virtual-reality-therapy-treating-the-global-mental-health-crisis/ 3 comments technology
- Why our government mostly helps people who need it the least — even during a crisis https://www.salon.com/2020/07/17/why-our-government-mostly-helps-people-who-need-it-the-least--even-during-a-crisis_partner/ 114 comments economy
- Billionaires' $15m on campaign TV ads could have helped ease homeless crisis. The $15m spent by Bloomberg and Steyer in California before the Democratic debate contrasted with the state’s crisis of people living on the street https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/20/billionaire-candidates-tv-ads-homeless-california 27 comments politics
- Facebook Dodges Questions on Surveillance of Users Seeking Abortions | An ad tool is helping Meta and crisis pregnancy centers identify people seeking information about abortions online. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-abortion-surveillance-data-privacy-meta-1849066802 7 comments technology
- The U.N. refugee agency has urged Japan to resettle more asylum seekers, its chief said on Monday, pressuring the country to help solve a global crisis after giving refugee status to just three people in the first half of the year. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-refugees/u-n-urges-japan-to-resettle-more-refugees-after-taking-just-three-in-first-half-iduskbn1dk0ww?il=0 20 comments worldnews
- Google Crisis Response Center for Japan. Over 5700 records for missing people and information about missing people. Maybe this will help someone. http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html 5 comments reddit.com
- Franklin Roosevelt Put Young People Back to Work. Let’s Do It Again. | The Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps helped build America at a time of national crisis. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/opinion/coronavirus-unemployment-youth.html?amp%3B_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9m_oYheTrM54iWrpFg7VYJl58fHJ3Psz2zm9x-ANtvILaAMjKdLcKX0CmGyoyub61uWFW11XcjQDZ3xcX7iMS8VV_lxQ&%3B_hsmi=88076686&%3Butm_campaign=Hot+News&%3Butm_content=88076686&%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=hs_email&searchResultPosition=1 49 comments environment
- Franklin Roosevelt Put Young People Back to Work. Let’s Do It Again. | The Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps helped build America at a time of national crisis. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/opinion/coronavirus-unemployment-youth.html?searchresultposition=1&utm_campaign=hot%20news&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=88076686&_hsenc=p2anqtz-9m_oyhetrm54iwrpfg7vyjl58fhj3psz2zm9x-antvilaamjkdlckx0cmgyoyub61uwfw11xcjqdz3xcx7ims8vv_lxq&_hsmi=88076686 119 comments politics
- Wind farms generate crisis cash for virus-hit communities: Cash generated by onshore wind farms in Scotland is being used in local communities to help vulnerable people survive the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/wind-farms-generate-crisis-cash-virus-hit-communities-2519745 7 comments worldnews
- Science AMA Series: I’m a stay-at-home mom and citizen scientist who helped expose the Flint water crisis. People are calling me the next Erin Brockovich. AMA! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/6em2a3/science_ama_series_im_a_stayathome_mom_and/ 381 comments science
- A study suggests that people adjusted their music listening habits as a way of coping with the COVID-19 crisis. Survey respondents reported that they increased their music listening during the initial lockdown and that they used music to help them cope with emotional challenges during the pandemic. https://www.psypost.org/2021/08/new-study-suggests-people-turned-to-music-to-cope-with-psychological-and-emotional-challenges-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-61643 525 comments science
- Rats are Like People when Offering Help, they take Cues From Bystanders ~ [bystander effect — the idea that people are less likely to help in a crisis when they are in the presence of others] ~ "Police standing by as their co-workers are kneeling on a man and killing him and not doing anything” https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/28/eabb4205.full 28 comments science
- Senate Republicans’ cash assistance plan is far too limited Too little help for children, low-income people, and those hit hard by the crisis. https://www.vox.com/2020/3/20/21188087/mcconnell-cash-assistance-plan-limited. 42 comments politics
- The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nation's humanitarian chief said as he pleaded for help to avoid "a catastrophe". More than 20 million people are facing starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39238808 322 comments worldnews
- Researchers report that people affected by COVID-19 show more goodwill to humans and to human-like autonomous machines. The findings suggest that the coronavirus crisis helped close the gap between people and technology. https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/s2589-0042(21)00196-6?_returnurl=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2Fs2589004221001966%3Fshowall%3Dtrue 8 comments science
- UK public 'supports green recovery from coronavirus crisis' - People would be prepared to continue many of the lifestyle changes enforced by the lockdown to help tackle the climate emergency, and the govt would have broad support for a green economic recovery from the crisis, according to a report. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/23/uk-public-supports-green-recovery-from-coronavirus-crisis 8 comments worldnews
- The Cruel Truth Behind Wisconsin’s Uncancelled Election — State Republicans exploited the coronavirus crisis in an effort to elect a state Supreme Court candidate who objects to the idea of government helping people in need. https://progressive.org/dispatches/cruel-truth-wisconsin-uncancelled-election-lueders-200408/ 327 comments politics
- The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico said Trump is the “Hater in Chief” after Trump said the US response to the crisis in the U.S. territory couldn’t last “forever.”: ...he is “incapable of fulfilling the moral imperative to help the people of [Puerto Rico].” http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355125-san-juan-mayor-to-trump-youre-the-hater-in-chief 1226 comments worldnews
- Sanders, Omar Unveil Bill to End 'Absurd Corporate Handouts' to Fossil Fuel Industry | "Our resources should go to helping the American people get through this crisis—not providing giveaways to the very people responsible for polluting our water and lands." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/15/sanders-omar-unveil-bill-end-absurd-corporate-handouts-fossil-fuel-industry 45 comments politics
- Ukraine crisis: Deadline passes for pro-Russian separatists to disarm | Pro-Russian separatists who said they were part of a new "Donetsk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine have appealed for Russian President Vladimir Putin to help defend them against Ukrainian government forces. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-crisis-deadline-passes-for-prorussian-separatists-to-disarm-9258390.html 11 comments worldnews
- Carbon taxes have to rise sharply to avoid climate crisis, says IMF | “For example, they should introduce a carbon tax set to rise quickly to $75 a ton in 2030." - Fund says governments could use money to help vulnerable people or invest in green energy https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/carbon-taxes-have-to-rise-sharply-to-avoid-climate-crisis-says-imf 29 comments worldnews
- The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has warned that people will turn their backs on free and open markets unless something is done to help those left behind by the financial crisis. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38210169 639 comments worldnews
- Wave of Indigenous Suicides Leaves Canadian Town Appealing for Help | Six people have killed themselves and over 140 have attempted suicide or expressed a desire to do it in the Cree Indian community of Cross Lake, setting off a public health crisis. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/19/world/americas/canada-youth-suicide.html?ref=world 3 comments worldnews
- Czech PM disappointed at Juncker´s words about migration: The Czech Republic must help people in need, but at the same time it must think of its own security [Junker said: there is no reason for the EU countries to change their attitude to solving the migrant crisis] http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-pm-disappointed-at-juncker-s-words-about-migration/1281792 110 comments europe
- “But it doesn’t mean that I can’t turn to the president of the United States of America and say to him, ‘thank you, sir, for providing good leadership in this crisis and for helping the people of New Jersey’ and to extend my hand of friendship for him.” http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/11/04/christie-lashes-out-at-fox-news-reporter-i-dont-understand-why-telling-obama-he-has-done-a-good-job-equals-an-endorsement/ 32 comments politics
- The UN is allocating $20 million from an emergency fund to help the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine, a top agency official said on Friday. In just two days, the conflict has sparked a refugee crisis involving "hundreds of thousands of people." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-russia-un-humanitarian-aid_n_62189fd6e4b03d0c8036e328 17 comments worldnews
- How we can ease the looming crisis in rental housing | Coronavirus has created difficulties for people to pay rent, but federal help isn’t likely to go where it is needed most. https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/04/29/how-we-can-ease-the-looming-crisis-in-rental-housing/ 5 comments politics
- Pet dogs may be helping people cope during the COVID-19 crisis, according to findings from a study published in the journal PLOS One. When surveyed during the pandemic, dog owners reported fewer depression symptoms and a stronger sense of social support compared to people without dogs. https://www.psypost.org/2021/12/dog-owners-report-fewer-depression-symptoms-and-a-greater-sense-of-social-support-during-the-pandemic-62300 39 comments science
- (Reuters) - A Chinese naval frigate has evacuated 225 foreign citizens from strife-torn Yemen, its foreign ministry said, marking the first time that China's military has helped other countries evacuate their people during an international crisis. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/03/us-yemen-security-china-iduskbn0mu09m20150403 74 comments worldnews
- Bernie Sanders To Larry Summers: "What the American people want now is a Fed chairman prepared to stand up to the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street, not a Wall Street insider whose deregulation efforts helped pave the way for a horrendous financial crisis" http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/15/bernie-sanders-larry-summers-door-hit-backside.html 426 comments politics
- German minister urges Europe to pick up refugees from crisis regions - German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere has called on Europe to help refugees avoid people smugglers. EU member states are deeply divided over the refugee crisis. http://www.dw.com/en/german-minister-urges-europe-to-pick-up-refugees-from-crisis-regions/a-18727169 19 comments europe
- Social Media as ‘Godsend’: In India, Cries for Help Get Results. With the Covid-19 crisis pushing the health care system past the breaking point, online grass-roots networks have sprung up to get aid to people who need it. - The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/world/asia/india-covid-social-media-aid.html 6 comments india
- [Josh Norman] We came to Flint to learn and experience first hand what we had only read about. Nothing could have prepared us for what we’d find. I must say the water crisis is far from over. The people of Flint still need our help. More to come...stay tuned. @demario__davis https://twitter.com/j_no24/status/1109176360914673664?s=21 159 comments nfl
- Iraqi Kurds, who field one of the most effective ground forces fighting Islamic State militants, are urgently asking the U.S. to help ease their budget crisis made worse by slumping oil prices and 1.8 million people who have fled fighting in Iraq and Syria http://bigstory.ap.org/article/007e63266c7e4d048612a766153adb79/kurdish-officials-say-theyre-facing-financial-crisis 40 comments worldnews