Opinion

Opinion articles about good news, making a difference, and filling the world with more hope...

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How Giving Up Flying Helped Me Rediscover the World

As a travel editor, my job is to hopscotch across the globe. When I decided to keep my feet on the ground, I saw it in a whole new way.
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Billie Melissa: Abolishing the Death Penalty Through Storytelling

Filmmaker Billie Melissa has been working with a documentary team to tell the full story of Billie Allen, an incarcerated man on federal death row.
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Plant a Tree By Browsing: Q&A with Ecosia's Pieter van Midwood

The chief tree-planting officer of Ecosia, a search engine that uses its advertising revenue to fund tree-planting projects, Pieter van Midwood, talks about Ecosia’s business model, its approach to tree planting, and the reforestation sector.
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Hand-drawn illustration of a sign saying "Welcome To Any Person Wanting To Be a Better Grownup"

How Grownups Can Solve Problems by Thinking Like Kids

We asked expert Brad Montague for four ways grownups can tap into their inner child to do good for the world and the people in it.
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Jaslin Kaur is Leading Intergenerational Change with the Taxi Medallion Protests & In Her Community

On 3 November 2021, taxi drivers in New York broke their 15-day hunger strike, to celebrate a debt relief plan involving a city-backed taxi medallion guarantee along with a maximum debt limit of $170,000. Jaslin Kaur was a supporter at the forefront of these protests.
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The cover of Dr. Gregory Scott Brown's book: "The Self-Healing Mind"

How Breathwork Helps Our Mental Health

Enjoy an excerpt from Dr. Gregory Brown's upcoming book: "The Self-Healing Mind," where he explores the power of breath work and mindfulness in our mental health journeys.
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An illustrated comedian frog on a lily pad (depicted as Charlie James) tells jokes to other frogs on lily pads

Comedian Charlie James Is on a Complicated Pursuit for Good

Charlie James (AKA TikTok’s Little Frog On A Lily Pad) radiates queer joy (and queer satire) online. Here is an essay about Charlie's experience with satire, politics, and finding the good.
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Trans Day of Visibility: 13 Good News Stories To Celebrate

The White House put out a number of announcements about trans rights, and Charlotte Clymer is here to tell you about them because today should be about trans and non-binary joy.
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Portrait of author Andre Henry and his book: All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope — and Hard Pills to Swallow — About Fighting for Black Lives

How & Why To Be Hopeful: Advice From a Reenergized Activist

Hope takes cues from current events and serves as the basis for action. It's not found by burying one's head in the sand. It comes to people who are paying attention to what's going on in the world.
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How To Become a Refugee in 3 Days

A voice in the dark – “wake up, we need to go.” You cannot think where you’re supposed to go at 5 a.m., you’ve worked in war zones but you were never there when the bombing started. This is how it feels you think, while finding it hard to believe that around you there’s a war.
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Devin Allen

Devin Allen Is Charting a Creative Path for Kids in Baltimore

In 2015, Devin Allen made history by being one of the few amateur photographers to make the cover of TIME Magazine. Now, he’s trying to change the future for others.
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Meet Green Girl, Environmental Leader: Leah Thomas

Rest, Hope, and Privilege: An intimate conversation with the founder of Intersectional Environmentalist
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