This South Side Chicagoan Became CNN’s 2025 Hero Of The Year By Growing Jobs Through Gardening

Through his nonprofit Southside Blooms, Quilen Blackwell is turning empty land into flower farms and giving young people a ...

And the 2025 CNN Hero of the Year is...

Co-hosts Anderson Cooper and Laura Coates reveal the 2025 CNN Hero of the Year during CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.
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He struggled in his military job, but found purpose just outside the walls of his base

Decades ago, CNN Hero Gordon was miserable in his military job. After experiencing the mental health benefits of volunteering, he founded the Dyess We Care Team and helped thousands of others serving ...
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Top 5 CNN Heroes of 2024

Her passion for dance and math followed her to MIT, where she was one of only two Black women studying mechanical engineering at the time.
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CNN 5 Good Things

Hey there. We want to honor everyday people who are changing the world. And I'm talking about the 2024 class of CNN Heroes. So on today's special episode of the Five Good Things podcast, we're ...