Nine-year-old Alyssa Chiang stood on the back porch of her home. All her family’s belongings covered the yard.
The voice of an auctioneer on a loud speaker could be heard selling off the contents of the family’s shed. Read More
Six children sit in an air-conditioned van with “StoryBots” playing in the background. They watch as their mom moves lumber in the pouring rain. She carries armfuls of wood up two flights of stairs into their house hours before Hurricane Dorian is expected to hit coastal North Carolina. Read More
It’s shortly after sunrise on Hawaii’s Kai One Beach and Stephanie Elm already has a towel laid out. But instead of sunblock and a good book, she’s brought with her a metal kitchen strainer and a reusable shopping bag. Elm isn’t there for a relaxing beach day, she’s there for the trash. Read More
