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Cubans Line up for Chance to Use Idle State Land
Thousands of Cubans have lined up to apply for the opportunity to farm idle government plots of land, in a new program devised by...
Cuba’s Urban Farming Program a Stunning Success
"Cuba's urban farming program has been a stunning, and surprising, success. The farms, many of them on tiny plots now supply much of Cuba's...
Cuba to Abolish Equal Pay Caps on Workers, EU Drops Sanctions
Cuba is to end its policy of equal pay for all and allow workers and managers to earn performance bonuses -- another in a...
Pastors for Peace Defy US Ban, Bring Bicycles, Friendship to Cuba
For 18 years, Pastors for Peace has led a caravan to Cuba bringing tons of humanitarian aid and friendship despite the US blockade on...
First Cell Phones, Now Computers Come to Cuba
Cubans can now buy personal computers, the latest freedom offered by Cuba's new president, Raul Castro, who lifted the ban on cell phones earlier...
Cubans Can Have Cell Phones for the First Time
Cubans new president has authorized Cubans to officially get mobile phones, until now mainly reserved for foreigners and government staff, the state telecommunications company...
Cuba Throws Lifeline to Sea Turtles
Cuba has thrown a lifeline to the Caribbean’s endangered and critically endangered marine turtles with a government resolution ending all harvesting of marine turtles.
Such...
Cuba’s Agricultural Revolution an Example to the World
An organic, green revolution, largely unnoticed, is well under way in Cuba — unprecedented both within the developed and undeveloped world — establishing a self-sustaining system...
Good News in History, November 20
66 years Jim and Jane Henson established Muppets Inc. The company has produced many successful television series, including The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and...
These Tiny Snails Are Breeding in the Wild for the First Time in 40 Years in French Polynesia
A global conservation effort to reintroduce a tiny snail to the wild is celebrating a momentous milestone, as for the first time in 40...
Baby Emu Orphan is Adopted by a Chicken–An Unexpected Mother Hen Turned Teacher
An abandoned emu is thriving in a British aviary after being raised by an unlikely foster mom one-tenth her size.
The emu, named Shrub, was...
Good News in History, October 28
62 years ago today, the whole world breathed a sigh of relief as the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev...
Good News in History, October 27
62 years ago today, one man in the right place, at the right time, did the right thing, saving the world from probably nuclear...
True Peace Advocates Use their Hiroshima Memories to Win the Nobel Prize
Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fierce campaigning to end the threat...
Good News in History, October 10
61 years ago today, the second, and often considered best film starring James Bond, was released as From Russia With Love. In the film, Bond,...
Good News in History, September 1
Happy Birthday to the comedian and actress Lily Tomlin, who turns 85 years young today. She began as a standup comedian in her hometown...
Good News in History, July 21
14 years ago today, Turkish-American Erden Eruç became the first person to perform a human-powered circumnavigation of the world, in a journey of 41,000...
Mushrooms Help Turn Toxic Brownfields into Blooming Meadows
An environmental toxicologist in California is cleaning up areas contaminated with heavy metals or other pollutants using fungi and native plants in a win-win...
Good News in History, July 10
6 years ago today, a group of teenage association football players and their teacher were successfully rescued after being stuck for over two weeks...
‘Out of this World’ UFO Vehicle Pulled Over by Police in 3 States – But They’ve ‘Come in Peace’
Police officers in three states now have proof of intelligent life, after pulling over a UFO-like vehicle traveling across the country.
Officer Darin Layman first...