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May 20, 2026

How a Kindergarten Teacher Became the Accidental Guardian of 200 King Penguins

When king penguins began nesting on Cecilia Durán Gafo's windswept Chilean farm in 2010, she watched tourists ...

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May 19, 2026

When the Brain Suddenly Sees

In an exploration of the intersection of science and contemplative wisdom, Dr. Richard J. Davidson relates how ...

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May 18, 2026

At 73, She Fulfills Life-Long Dream to Become a Doctor

When a near-fatal brain hemorrhage prompted Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft and her husband to revisit their bucket list, she ...

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May 17, 2026

Crafting Closure: One Unfinished Project at a Time

When Michelle Rudy discovered an unfinished sock monkey her late mother had begun sewing, she wanted her ...

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May 16, 2026

Commencement Speaker Pays Off Graduates' Senior Year Loans

When commencement speaker Anil Kochhar told graduating students of North Carolina State University's Wilson College ...

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May 15, 2026

The Grandma Stand in Central Park

Mike Matthews' grandmother lived alone in Seattle, full of love with nowhere to put it. So he set up what sounds ...

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May 14, 2026

The Woman Who Gave What She Didn't Have

Trupti Pandya sits in a women's shelter in Gujarat, India, working to reunite displaced women with their families. ...

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May 13, 2026

I Suffered Burns as a Child. Then I Became a Firefighter.

At six years old, Terry McCarthy's body went up in flames when his brothers accidentally kicked over a bowl of ...

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May 12, 2026

When the Embodied Teacher Is the Curriculum

Tools shaped education from ancestor stories around a tended fire, to farming, to an industrial age ...

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May 11, 2026

What Are You Listening For?

When someone shares something vulnerable, the silence that follows reveals more than agreement or disagreement -- it ...

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May 10, 2026

What Does It Take to Clean a 1,376-km River?

For two decades before mechanized cleaning, workers like Ajay Singh waded into rivers choked with sewage and sharp ...

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May 9, 2026

Britain Bans Smoking for Anyone Born After 2008

A teenager turning 18 in Britain next year will never legally buy a pack of cigarettes. The UK Parliament has ...

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May 8, 2026

Near Philadelphia's New Green Spaces, a Dramatic Reduction in Crime

When Linda Lloyd's block in West Philadelphia was strewn with trash-filled vacant lots that served as hubs for drug ...

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May 7, 2026

A Yellow Sari on a Busy Street

A mother in a bright yellow sari leaps from a rickshaw in Muradabad, India, and places herself between a stranger ...

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May 6, 2026

Still Holding Hands, Seven Decades Later

In fifth grade, a young girl named Irene was so utterly taunted and humiliated by other students and her teacher, ...

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May 5, 2026

Hot Chocolate for a Stranger's Pain

Paul Byrne stumbled out of a clinic, tearing up from the agony of a back injury so severe he could barely walk. ...

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May 4, 2026

3 Types of Friendships

Ross Channing Reed, through philosophical counseling, recognizes the importance of friends in self-knowledge, ...

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May 3, 2026

London’s Unique Charity-Led Restaurant Gets a Makeover

A London restaurant has reopened as 130 Primrose, a registered charity where people who have experienced ...

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DailyGood Newsletters

How a Kindergarten Teacher Became the Accidental Guardian of 200 King Penguins

When the Brain Suddenly Sees

At 73, She Fulfills Life-Long Dream to Become a Doctor

Crafting Closure: One Unfinished Project at a Time

Commencement Speaker Pays Off Graduates' Senior Year Loans

The Grandma Stand in Central Park

The Woman Who Gave What She Didn't Have

I Suffered Burns as a Child. Then I Became a Firefighter.

When the Embodied Teacher Is the Curriculum

What Are You Listening For?

What Does It Take to Clean a 1,376-km River?

Britain Bans Smoking for Anyone Born After 2008

Near Philadelphia's New Green Spaces, a Dramatic Reduction in Crime

A Yellow Sari on a Busy Street

Still Holding Hands, Seven Decades Later

Hot Chocolate for a Stranger's Pain

3 Types of Friendships

London’s Unique Charity-Led Restaurant Gets a Makeover

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