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First Aid for a Sprained Ankle: 6 Steps to Take Immediately
A sprain occurs when one or more of the ligaments has been stretched, twisted, or torn. It is the most common ankle injury. In a minor sprain, some of the fibers within the ligament are stretched. In...
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The Next Mass Shooters: Who They Are, and How We Will Stop Them
Nobody knows who he is, and nobody knows who he was. When he was a young man, his anonymity fueled his desperation, and for a short time, his desperation made him known. He was well-known enough to...
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This 911 Operator May Have Saved A Man’s Life—With an Avocado
Last May, Clarence Blackmon, 81, returned to his Fayetteville, North Carolina, apartment after months in the hospital for prostate cancer treatment. He found his refrigerator and pantry were nearly...
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What to Do If Someone Is Having a Heart Attack: Must-Know First Aid
A heart attack is caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle (usually by a clot in the coronary blood vessels). The outcome depends on how much of the muscle is affected and how...
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These Brothers Rushed to the Scene of a 3-Car Crash. What They Found in the...
On their last day of summer break in August 2013, brothers Conner and Caleb Richey were at home in Enterprise, Alabama, when a huge crash reverberated through the two-story house. Caleb, 19, who was...
View Article10 Quotes From People Who Demanded Respect
From a civil rights icon to a feminist who fought for women's rights, these ten social reformers spoke out for the greater good. Use their wise words to inspire confidence. The post 10 Quotes From...
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Never Listen to Your Voice Mail? Here’s Why You Need to Start
How you feel about voice mail is largely generational. People who haven’t hit 40 don’t get why their parents don’t just text or let a missed call speak for itself. In some cases, it’s an argument of...
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First Aid for Choking: Key Steps You Should Memorize to Save Someone’s Life
If a small object “goes down the wrong way,” it can block the airway and cause muscle spasm. Young children are also apt to put small objects in their mouth. This can be life-threatening as the air...
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3 Heart-Pounding True Stories About Heroes Who Couldn’t Help But Come to the...
We have partnered with the Moth on storytelling events in 19 cities, with the best stories appearing in a special issue of Reader’s Digest next summer. To learn more, subscribe to the Moth’s critically...
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“If You Find This Letter, Then It’s For You”: What It’s Like to Write Love...
I looked down at my shoes as people filled the train, and then I saw her. I saw her beat-up unlaced construction boots first. I followed the shoes, laceless hole by laceless hole, all the way up to...
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5 Split-Second Decisions That Changed History
1. Four Words That Shaped America On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. approached the podium near the Lincoln Memorial with something he didn’t normally need: notes. Sensing the importance of...
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My House Burned Down, and Here’s What It Taught Me: One Mother’s...
On November 18, 1994, I wake from a vivid dream. I sit up in bed, heart pounding, face wet with tears. My husband, Troy, asks, “What’s wrong?” “I was falling backward … in this huge avalanche,” I sob,...
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Editor’s Note: Look Who Showed Up
A man sits on the sidewalk a few blocks from my office. He holds no sign; he asks for no money or food. He just offers a steady stream of greetings to passersby. One evening, the man breaks his...
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How Presidents Met Their First Ladies: 10 True Love Stories to Make You Say...
When Georgie Met Martha In 1758 Martha Dandridge Curtis was 27 and recently widowed, and a very wealthy woman. That year George Washington, also 27 and already a colonel in the Virginia militia (and...
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A Nurse’s Story: Taking in My Cancer Patient’s 9-Year-Old Son Was the Best...
As a nurse at the cancer care center where I’ve worked for seven years, I’ll do almost anything to make a patient feel better. I’m quick with blankets and juice and will gladly hold a hand for a...
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A Story About Pretty Girl, the Stray Dog We Couldn’t Give Up On
Her name was perfect. She came to them in the dead of night, in the cold. She was more than half dead, starved down to bones, her hair completely eaten away by mange. She had been run off from more...
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Would You Leave a Six-Figure Job to Feed the Homeless? This 24-Year-Old Did.
As an elementary school student in New York City, Robert Lee would stare in disbelief at his classmates throwing away half-eaten sandwiches after lunch. His Korean immigrant parents had taught him and...
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She Invented a Coat to Help the Homeless In Brutal Winters, But Now It Has an...
When Veronika Scott was a student at the College for Creative Studies in her native city of Detroit, Michigan, she received an assignment to “design to fill a need.” She dreamed up an idea for...
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How a City Bus-Turned-Shower Station is Helping the Homeless Regain Their...
An old blue bus pulls up to a wellness center in downtown San Francisco, and a small crowd forms. Young and old, men and women are waiting to board for their turn to bathe. This city bus has been...
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Dead For an Hour and 41 Minutes: The Incredible Rescue of Baby Gardell
It’s the first warm day of spring, and the March sun pours over the ridge that borders Doyle and Rose Martin’s rural property outside Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. Yesterday it rained all day, melting...
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