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Jul 4, 2026

Remembering the 'Give While You Live' Philanthropist Who Quietly Built 5k Schools Across America

Julius Rosenwald, the businessman who built Sears into an empire, spent his fortune on nearly 5,000 schools across ...

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Jul 3, 2026

Founder of a Cafe Chain with a Cause Has a Full Circle Moment

Ten years ago, Amy Wright opened Bitty & Beau's Coffee with the quiet hope that one day her son Beau, who was ...

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Jul 2, 2026

The Circle That Will Not Close

When Shoukei Matsumoto led a simple floor-sweeping exercise at a gathering, he noticed nearly everyone had the same ...

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Jul 1, 2026

The 'Civic Hour' in France

When a French civil servant read that an elderly woman in Paris had been deceased in her apartment for four months ...

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Jun 30, 2026

How I Practiced Forgiveness When It Hurt the Most

After Maria Breaux's brother David -- known as "the Compassion Guy" in Davis, California, after 14 years of ...

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Jun 29, 2026

Colorado Mayor Sleeps at Homeless Shelter Every Week

Mike Coffman, a U.S. military veteran who held many government offices, and is the current mayor of Aurora, ...

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Jun 28, 2026

The Man Who Uncovers Remarkable Forgotten Lives

Scrolling through videos on social media, one man was about to swipe past Simon Howard's video of researching the ...

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Jun 27, 2026

Smashing Yesterday's Croissants for a Better Tomorrow

At a Paris bakery called Demain (the French word for "tomorrow"), yesterday's unsold croissants and sourdough loaves ...

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Jun 26, 2026

The Town That Gave Trees Legal Rights

In a small Quebec town of 2,000 people, something quietly extraordinary happened on June 9th: city council voted ...

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Jun 25, 2026

A Wall Street Refugee Finds His Poetry Again

He co-founded a global private equity empire, traveled to over 130 countries, and checked every box the world said ...

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Jun 24, 2026

The Origin Point of Stories

There are two places a story can come from, remarks filmmaker Nic Askew, who has sat with thousands of people over ...

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Jun 23, 2026

How a Spinal Cord Injury Seeded a Platform for Dancing with Wheels

After a 2018 road accident left her paraplegic, Priya Sharma sat in her wheelchair at her sister's wedding and, at ...

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Jun 22, 2026

A Minneapolis Cafe Removed Its Prices -- and Business Is Thriving

Earlier this year, a Minneapolis café quietly removed the prices from its menu -- and profits are up. Owner ...

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Jun 21, 2026

Ireland Is Now Paying Artists a Basic income. Will the Idea Catch on?

When Cork multimedia artist Elinor O'Donovan was working part-time as a receptionist just to pay rent, an entire ...

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Jun 20, 2026

Necessary Losses: the Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go

Maria Popova's meditation on Judith Viorst's Necessary Losses offers something quietly radical: the idea that loss ...

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Jun 19, 2026

At the Threshold of a New Story

Leena Wilde Ryan hadn't written anything she felt proud of in years. An old life burned down and a new life still ...

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Jun 18, 2026

Japan Fans Clean World Cup Stadium After Game

After a 2-2 draw at a World Cup game in Texas, people in the stands witnessed collective behavior that doesn't ...

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Jun 17, 2026

Offices of the Heart: Companies Invite the Unhoused to Stay in Their Buildings at Night

For years, Pierre-Yves Loaëc walked past a woman sleeping near a parking garage vent each night, knowing his ...

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DailyGood Newsletters

Remembering the 'Give While You Live' Philanthropist Who Quietly Built 5k Schools Across America

Founder of a Cafe Chain with a Cause Has a Full Circle Moment

The Circle That Will Not Close

The 'Civic Hour' in France

How I Practiced Forgiveness When It Hurt the Most

Colorado Mayor Sleeps at Homeless Shelter Every Week

The Man Who Uncovers Remarkable Forgotten Lives

Smashing Yesterday's Croissants for a Better Tomorrow

The Town That Gave Trees Legal Rights

A Wall Street Refugee Finds His Poetry Again

The Origin Point of Stories

How a Spinal Cord Injury Seeded a Platform for Dancing with Wheels

A Minneapolis Cafe Removed Its Prices -- and Business Is Thriving

Ireland Is Now Paying Artists a Basic income. Will the Idea Catch on?

Necessary Losses: the Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go

At the Threshold of a New Story

Japan Fans Clean World Cup Stadium After Game

Offices of the Heart: Companies Invite the Unhoused to Stay in Their Buildings at Night

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