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5,000 Are Now Sleeping with Roof Over Their Head Thanks to Oregon Task Force Slashing Homelessness
Nearly 5,500 Oregonians have been moved out of homelessness and into housing thanks to persistence from a recently-appointed task force.
This amounts to a 28%...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
700 Cats Rescued After TikTok User Finds a Texas Tabby–and Rescues a Sanctuary in Trouble
From south Texas comes the incredible story of how a TikTok content creator channeled his channel for good—rescuing a cat and a cat shelter...
Over 100 Dolphins Saved from Historic Mass Stranding in Cape Cod
125 dolphins became stranded in shallow mud flats off Cape Cod, Massachusetts in what one rescue organization calls its largest single mass stranding event...
10 Major Metrics Show The American Recovery is Best in the World – And Still Improving
The global pandemic plunged the entire world into economic free fall and societal unrest. Since then, one notable country has emerged successfully to stabilize...
Instead of Taking Millions for Their Land, Texas Family Makes a Park Instead
A rare win for conservation was just scored in the fast-developing Travis County, Texas, where 30 minutes from Austin's busy tech sector, music venues,...
Good News in History, April 29
125 years ago today, the musician and composer Duke Ellington, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, was born in Washington,...
Your Horoscope for the Week – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
Poverty Rate in India Drops Below 5% First Time Ever as Rural-Urban Divide Shrinks
The images of Mother Theresa's work in Calcutta gave many people the idea that post-independence India was a place of destitution and grinding poverty,...
A Portland County Transcends its Rehousing Goals With 65% Drop in Homelessness
Clackamas County in Oregon, one of two counties into which Portland extends, has reduced the rate of homelessness by 65% from 2019 to 2023,...
Good News in History, January 28
Happy 88th Birthday to Alan Alda, best known for his comedic role as Capt. Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H, for which he...
Astronomers Discover Blockbuster Star They Nicknamed Barbenheimer Because ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’
Astronomers have discovered an enormous celestial entity so unusual they named it 'the Barbenheimer Star' – a moniker referring to the recent cultural phenomenon...
This Golden Retriever is Nursing 3 African Painted Dog Pups at Indiana Zoo After Mother Abandoned Them
At the Potawatomi Zoo in Indiana, a mama golden retriever has her paws as full as can be these days looking after a huge...
Man Visits Shelter Dog Every Day for 2 Months to Earn Her Trust Before Fostering Her
A man in Austin has fallen head over heels for a dog that's heels over heads. Alva the dog has wobbler syndrome, but that...
Teen Creates LEGO Charity to Collect and Wash Old Bricks to Give Away New Sets–For 3,000 Kids So Far
Charlie Jeffers has been playing with LEGO since he was 4 or 5 and credits one of the most famous of all toys for...
Good News in History, November 30
237 years ago today is celebrated as the first known date of the abolition of the death penalty in a Western nation-state. Commemorated today...
Original Lyrics of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody May Fetch $1Mil at Auction, in Huge New Freddie Mercury London Exhibit
Feast your eyes on these original lyrics scrawled by Freddie Mercury of Queen while writing the #1 hit song Bohemian Rhapsody. The small sheet...
She Quit Her Job to Create Personal Jewelry from Ashes and Breast Milk
Rachel Heinze has an unusual side hustle, on top of her preferred work as a stay-at-home mom of 2.
After an exhausting, problem-filled first year...
New Sensor Can Tell Whether You Have Covid-19 or The Flu – And Do it Within 10 Seconds
Have a cough, sore throat and congestion? Any number of respiratory viruses could be responsible. Conventional tests can identify the culprits by relying on...
Striking 3D-Printed Hotel Will Turn Heads With its Design Ideas For Texas Location
In the far western desert of Texas, a striking 3D-printed hotel with Swedish style will take shape over the coming years to present both...