When people grapple with profound loneliness, it often takes a superhero dose of compassion to light the dark. True wisdom ...

These short stories look at stepparents and stepkids trying to figure each other out — the awkwardness, the hurt, the small mistakes, and the tiny kindnesses that slowly change everything. It’s messy ...

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” So asked Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the great French philosopher. We all strive to be kind but often wonder what impact a small kindness might ...

On Nov. 13, we marked the 27 th year of "World Kindness Day," a chance to pause, reflect and ask: How does kindness really change lives? We then invited you, our readers, to share acts of kindness ...

During high school, I had the opportunity to take a college-level class called introduction to literature. That class opened my eyes to the power of poetry and storytelling, the way words can carry ...

Meet The Columbus Dispatch's new human kindness reporter, who aims to combat news fatigue by highlighting local heroes.