Economic Good News

The Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy in Minneapolis offers its Native American clientele the services of any ordinary drugstore

We live in a world where poverty is a lifestyle, not a choice. Inspiring a change is the first step to changing that.

Happiness serves as a revolutionary means to survival, but it is also an indicator that a country, group, or region is doing good in the world. These five stories will help shed some light onto happiness research across the globe.

As the founder of ONE and (RED), Bono has played a significant role in persuading policymakers and corporations to allocate huge swaths of money toward solving some of the most important issues facing the world.

Good News: This “dinner series” company pivoted to providing meals for the elderly during the pandemic

From San Francisco to the Midwest to New York, the pandemic has triggered a policy rethink about the fairness of fines and fees for prison phone calls, overdue library books, and parking violations.

There’s no evidence that banning abortion reduces the number of abortions. There are, however, a few data-backed, safe, and effective ways to reduce the number of abortions.

To bring peace to the frontlines, we first need a proper understanding of what peacemakers do and how they do it. Peace is commonly framed as passive, but the institute aims to dissolve the dichotomy of war and peace, which disregards the conscious act of building peace.

As of February, the city had provided nearly 36,000 laptops and more than 11,500 hot spots to low-income public school students.

“Will they be able to solve every person’s medical debt? No. But for those people they do, it’s life-changing.”

Art is a tool for resistance, yes, but it is also a tool for peace, reconciliation, and healing in response to histories of colonization, violence, and corruption.

In 2018, after three years of poor rainfall and the worst droughts on record between 2015 and 2018, the city made the announcement “that drastic action was required to avoid running out of water entirely.”