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A red knitted "Melt the ICE" hat atop a person's head

Red knitted 'Melt the ICE' hats raise $650K for Minnesota

The red knitted hats have gone viral across the crafting corners of the internet as a symbol of resistance against ICE.

A closeup of a building with sage green, bubblegum pink, and yellow brick details

Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Volante, a new social housing scheme in the Netherlands, flips the script on affordable homes.

An aerial photo of thousands of people protesting ICE in the streets of Minneapolis

Thousands sing in the streets of Minneapolis to protest ICE. They have a songbook you can follow, too

The group, Singing Resistance, has mobilized thousands to use their voice — and the occasional tambourine.

A woman dressed as a mermaid plays ukelele underwater, wearing a snorkeling mask

Every year, this underwater music festival is headlined by mermaids who want to save coral reefs

The Lower Keyes Underwater Music Festival has been an annual tradition for over 40 years.

A hand holds up an in-progress red knitted cap and a ball of red yarn

'Melt the ICE' hats are so popular among knitters, shops are selling out of red yarn nationwide

Even knitters in Canada have reported red yarn shortages in response to the anti-ICE protest hats.

Two photos side by side. On the left is a blue crocheted bunny hat on a mannequin. On the right is a 5-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, wearing a blue bunny hat.

Crocheters make blue bunny hats to honor Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy detained by ICE

The #HatsForLiam effort has taken off in the crochet community, with a free pattern available for people to make their own hats in solidarity.

These red 'Melt the ICE' protest hats have raised $588K for Minnesota. Here's how to get one if you can't knit your own

Organizers have created an option for knitters and crocheters to donate hats for people to buy — with all proceeds going to immigrant communities in Minnesota.

A red knitted "melt the ICE" hat sits in fresh white snow

Crocheters protest Minnesota immigration raids with red 'Melt the ICE' hat fundraiser

Sales of the “Melt The ICE” crochet patterns have already raised $400,000 for local organizations supporting immigrants.

A close-up of a doctor taking a patient's blood pressure

Most professional artists don't have health insurance. So this medical clinic trades concert tickets for doctor's visits

The inventors of the O+ clinic call their work “an exchange of the art of medicine for the medicine of art.”

A woman wearing a knitted hat, a person hands money to a cashier, a wide shot of windmills and people on a hill, a woman prays in front of a vigil, and a knitted hat

Good News This Week: January 31, 2026 - Taxis, Monks, & Knitted Hats

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A zip-up black jacket with blue haptic devices embedded in the fabric, the SoundShirt

This high-tech shirt enables deaf concert-goers feel the music on their bodies

Wearers might feel the strings of a violin on their arms or the beat of a drum on their back.

François Arnaud, Hudson Williams, and Kolton Stewart in episode 2 of "Heated Rivalry"

Shane's 'Heated Rivalry' Team Canada fleece is really being released (and it donates to charity)

Fans were desperate to buy the jacket worn at the fictional Olympic Games in “Heated Rivalry.” Soon, they can.