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4 days ago | nbcuacademy.com | Mallory Carra

Amid the onslaught of news in recent months, The Cut’s features editor, Catherine Thompson, felt it necessary to brighten up the internet. “We wanted to pick our heads up and say, ‘OK, where are the helpers and who has been working to make positive change?’” said Thompson. The resulting package was a project involving multiple editors and writers called “100 Days, 100 Small Victories,” compiling images, blurbs and news items meant to lift readers’ spirits.

1 week ago | nbcuacademy.com | Maya Brown

Tatiyana Rich was 7 years old when her father was murdered. After her mother remarried, Rich said her household turned toxic and she kept trying to escape. “I needed to express the fact that I was angry and sad and confused as to what happened in my life and why things were going the way that they were,” she said. The support system at Starting Right, Now helped her heal.

2 weeks ago | nbcuacademy.com | Jay Valle

Before a recent trip to Beaver Creek, Colorado, 13-year-old Zoe Durias had never skied. But the cancer survivor is used to pushing through the discomfort. “It’s all about the ups and downs in life, and that’s what Zoe is accomplishing as we’re skiing together,” said Beaver Creek Resort Ski Instructor Chloe Wasserstrom.

3 weeks ago | nbcuacademy.com | Iris Kim

When Katharine Hart’s family was evacuated during the LA fires in January, they didn’t expect to never see their Altadena home again. “We all thought we would be back, so we packed for the next day of school,” said Hart, 18. “We didn’t think our town would be gone.”To help young fire survivors heal, nonprofit Outward Bound Adventures is taking Altadena teens on camping trips in the mountains just north of their hometown.

3 weeks ago | nbcuacademy.com | Maya Brown

When Tawanda Scott Sambou was assigned to find a story for a CNN series commemorating the 75th anniversary of World War II, the first thing she asked herself was, “What role did Black women play in the war?”She thought she was coming to a dead end in her search until she came across a documentary on the all-women, majority-Black 6888th Battalion. “I was so intrigued,” said Sambou, who is now a senior producer at NBC News. “I just thought, ‘Wow, people don’t know about this troop, this unit.