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Palestinian Wins $1 Million Teacher Prize for Life-Changing Lessons on Non-Violence
A former refugee who decided to teach children about self-respect and non-violence has been named Global Teacher of the Year.
Hanan al-Hroub accepted the award...
Shi’te Lebanese Cleric Offers Olive Branch to Jews, Christians in Non-violence Campaign
Sayyed Muhammad Ali Husseini, a moderate Shia cleric with a doctorate in religion from Iran, called for inter-faith tolerance in a Facebook messages. He...
Good News in History, October 2
67 years ago today, a new island, or Ilha Novo, appeared on the edge of the westernmost island (Faial) in the Azores chain after...
Good News in History September 27
Happy 48th Birthday to Il Capitano—Francesco Totti. The most iconic Italian football forward of the 21st century, Totti spent a 25-year professional career in...
Good News in History, May 13
115 years ago today, the inaugural Giro d'Italia, was held, with cyclists competing in 21 different stages across over 1,200 miles of the country. The...
Good News in History, May 4
198 years ago today, Frederic Edwin Church, one of the foremost painters in the American landscape movement known as the Hudson River School, was...
Good News in History, February 7
40 years ago today, astronaut Bruce McCandless II drifted away from the space shuttle Challenger’s payload bay as part of the first untethered space...
Joan Baez Turns 80 And Shows Off Her Masterful Paintings in Second Solo Art Exhibit
Singer-songwriter activist Joan Baez turns 80 years-old today—and you can join her for a live streaming event tonight that celebrates a new phase in...
Today is Peace Day – and Jude Law is Asking You to Join In
It's been almost two decades since the UN unanimously adopted Peace Day – and it has had a dramatic impact on countries and individuals around the world.
Kids to Tally One Billion Acts of Peace in Just 10 Days (Let’s All Help By Using Hashtag #DoItForPeace)
We are about to find out if the world can accomplish a billion acts of peace in ten days, thanks to a global experiment...
From Victim to Survivor: a Foundation for Peace
My 12-year-old son Tim was killed on 20 March 1993 by a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England. He was...
Doves Take to the Sky as UN Supports Peace in Afghanistan
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today joined colleagues in releasing 21 doves ahead of the International Day of Peace for a country...
Nonviolent Protest Gains in West Bank
"While violent Palestinian militants dominate international headlines, residents of tiny farming villages have eschewed the armed struggle. Instead, they have linked arms with Israeli...
Actor Jude Law in Afghanistan Promoting UN Peace Day
"Jude Law traveled and filmed in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan" to help promote the annual worldwide United Nations Peace Day, celebrated on September...
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“Touched by an Angel” in Hip Hop
In a December "Touched by an Angel, the managing editor of a daily newspaper was in the habit of publishing a steady diet of...