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Author Spends Lifetime Searching for Woman Who Taught Him to Read, and Then She Surprised Him
Author Jamil Jan Kochai tried for years to reconnect with his second grade teacher—a woman whom he credits with all the success he’s had...
A Stranger’s Kindness Helped Boy Escape the Nazis Who Would Go On to Win Nobel Prize–And He Never Knew it
What would you do if in the middle of the night, a stranger asked you to legally declare your financial support for an immigrant...
Livin’ Good Currency – Ep 8: Sheetal Sheth on Uplifting Hearts and Minds Through Storytelling
The Lesson: Sheetal Sheth grew up in the middle of a 1st generation immigrant story, but as the years went by, and Indian culture became...
Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Watch the Love Between Men and Their Cats in New Film Purr-fect for Home Viewing With Your Pet
"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade without further introduction," — Mark Twain.
How much can a cat mean to a...
Brooklyn’s Yafa Café Supports Growers in War Torn Yemen – the Surprising Birthplace of the Coffee Bean
A young man on Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue is brewing coffee the old way. In fact, the Yafa Café pour-over, which goes for $7.00, may...
Seven Lost Artistic Masterpieces That Were Found in 2021
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering travel, conflict journalism, science, conservation, and health news.
Light is shining once again...
Professor Gets a Cardboard Box Filled With $100 Bills Mailed Anonymously to Help His Students
One day last September, Vinod Menon, the head of the physics department at Harlem's City College of New York campus, had to face the...
Wood Alternative Made From Sustainable Kombucha Waste Wins 2021 Dyson Award
This year’s American James Dyson Award winner, Gabe Tavas, takes on deforestation with his invention, Pyrus. His mission is simple: Make wood without cutting down trees.
By embracing a balance between...
Innkeeper’s Kindness to House People After Storms is Contagious – With Everyone Pitching in and Sharing
This story was chosen as one of the top ten nominations to win the Reader’s Digest annual “Nicest Places in America” contest: a crowd-sourced...
The Sewing Machine Project is Mending Lives Stitch By Stitch
Sewing is a craft that’s been passed down through the ages from mother to daughter and from father to son. Traditionally, it’s also served...
Good Deed Takes Flight at Airport as Man Buys Ticket For Someone Desperate to Get Home
This blog was submitted to GNN by one of our readers for publishing. If you have an interesting story of kindness or positivity, be...
Homeless Nigerian Boy Becomes U.S. Chess Champion at 10-Years-old After Immigrating to US
Tanitoluwa Adewumi—more commonly known by his nickname “Tani”—may be just 10 years old, but he's already become an official Chess National Master, with an...
Rare Evidence Proves Birds Are Able to Change Their Culture to Become More Efficient
Birds are able to change their culture to become more efficient, according to new research from Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
In animals, “culture”...
World’s First 3-D Printed School Poised to Be Built in Madagascar For Half the Price of Traditional
A 15-year old Chinese immigrant, adopted as a baby by the founder of MapQuest, is using her adult-sized ambition to use 3D-printing to help...
She was Demoted, Doubted and Rejected But Now Her Work is the Basis of the Covid-19 Vaccine
The foundation of the COVID-19 vaccine, and many others, can be drawn back to the work of an intrepid immigrant to the United States...
NJ Congressman Andy Kim Began Cleaning Up Litter Inside the Capitol at 1:00 in the Morning: ‘I‘m honored…’
It was late. It had been a long day, filled with surreal events.
In the wake of an ill-contained siege that left the U.S. Capitol...
This New Yorker Spent $65,000 Buying Art to Support Fellow Artists Struggling in the Pandemic
Like almost no other event within living memory, the COVID-19 pandemic has painted our world with a very dark brush. While there finally appears to be...
Strangers Bought All the Frozen Pops From Old Man’s Cart to Help Him Get Out of Heat—Then They Gave Him $60K
Chicago neighbors bought all the paletas from an old man’s cart so he could go home on Father’s Day, then raised $60k for Don Rosario’s retirement.
Teens Launch Hotline for Isolated Seniors to Listen to Pre-Recorded Jokes, Stories, and Messages of Hope
A team of Calgary high schoolers are hoping to bring joy into the quarantined homes of seniors by playing pre-recorded messages on their Joy4All hotline.