Inspiration

NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt on His ‘Inspiring America’ Segments

The respected news anchor discusses why he considers the positive stories he shares under the Inspiring America banner to be a vitally important part of his job as a journalist.

10 Inspiring Left-Handers

By Brett Leveridge4 min read

Chances are, you know someone who is left-handed—lefties make up as much as 10 percent of the population—but you may not have known these 10 inspiring figures were southpaws.

Someone Cares: Thank-You Tuesdays

By Carolyn Southward1 min read

Congregants at a Texas church show their thanks to their community’s first-responders with some homemade hospitality.

Someone Cares: Stop and Chat

By Jenni Sipe2 min read

A small-town resident noticed her friends and neighbors were too often distracted by their smartphones. Her solution was simple but very effective.

Someone Cares: Earth Friendly

By Doris Wolfe1 min read

A woman’s childhood habit of collecting empty bottles for the deposit money evolves into a way to help to keep her local parks clean.

Ernie Pyle Courageously Chronicled the Soldier’s Experience

By Brett Leveridge10 min read

A diminutive man from the Midwest may have been an unlikely candidate for hero status, but World War II war reporter Ernie Pyle earned that appellative, and then some.