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Nov 14, 2026

The Sentence He Could Not Finish

In South Sudan in 2024, just out of high school, Nyakangba Nelson Luka Poyo asked himself what kind of life a kid ...

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Nov 13, 2026

A Pack of Tissues at Ikea

Grief has a way of ambushing us in ordinary places. It was in the middle of an Ikea store, surrounded by display of ...

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Nov 12, 2026

'Come with Me. I Got You.'

Thirty years after her mother died suddenly while she was serving in the Peace Corps, Kate Rogan still carries the ...

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Nov 11, 2026

Extra Chairs in the Driveway

In Fargo, North Dakota, Prakash Mathew and his wife Jane had a beautiful garden people would often stop to admire. ...

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Nov 10, 2026

What If We Stopped Treating Social Care Like a Service?

At Botton Village in North Yorkshire's moors, a philosophy researcher visits an old friend and finds something he ...

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Nov 9, 2026

Her Wedding Was Canceled, So She Invited 11 Strangers to Ireland

When Bridget Devaney's engagement ended after her fiancé's medical emergency, she was left holding plans for ...

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Nov 8, 2026

Four Men, Four Countries, One Rule

At a funeral for a man who never told anyone he was unhappy, the surviving friends sat around a table and talked ...

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Nov 7, 2026

Returning Home with Every Bow

A Polish monk began each day with seven bows -- a gesture of apology toward a father he couldn't face. Bhikshu Jin ...

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Nov 6, 2026

How College Faculty and Students Are Reviving Local News

Northwestern University reports that “over 3,000 newspapers have closed in the U.S. in the past 20 ...

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Nov 5, 2026

The Birds Planted the Grove

For centuries, the sacred groves of Rajasthan were understood as human gifts to nature -- places where belief drew a ...

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Nov 4, 2026

28 Years Walking, One Mother's Doorstep

Karl Bushby left Chile on foot in 1998 at age 29, with golden hair and two iron rules: no machines to carry him ...

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Nov 3, 2026

Squares of Love That Calmed a Child

A small knitted tube — open at both ends, just wide enough for two hands — and a child with anxiety ...

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Nov 2, 2026

The Tenderheart and the Roughneck

A journalist spent the last year of his dying father's life doing what he had always done with strangers but never ...

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Nov 1, 2026

'This Is the First Time I've Touched Grass': the Colleges Giving Social Prescriptions

Somewhere between the gorges and botanic gardens of Cornell University's campus, a student on a guided nature walk ...

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Oct 31, 2026

School Renamed After Janitor Who Spent 39 Years Uplifting Students

For 39 years, Marilyn Hampton swept floors, bought supplies for children who couldn't afford them, and turned smiles ...

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Oct 30, 2026

How I Learned to Read and Write at 42

For 42 years, Peter navigated a world built on words he couldn't read -- memorizing road signs, mapping routes in ...

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Oct 29, 2026

Nonprofit Turns Vacant Lots Into Free Fruit Orchards

A small orchard planted 13 years ago at a shuttered Kansas CIty elementary school has grown into a national movement ...

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Oct 28, 2026

The Business School Experiment with No Prices

Early on in school, Gaurav Marathe embraced a Viraja mantra translated by a teacher: "Humans are like a candle. ...

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DailyGood Newsletters

The Sentence He Could Not Finish

A Pack of Tissues at Ikea

'Come with Me. I Got You.'

Extra Chairs in the Driveway

What If We Stopped Treating Social Care Like a Service?

Her Wedding Was Canceled, So She Invited 11 Strangers to Ireland

Four Men, Four Countries, One Rule

Returning Home with Every Bow

How College Faculty and Students Are Reviving Local News

The Birds Planted the Grove

28 Years Walking, One Mother's Doorstep

Squares of Love That Calmed a Child

The Tenderheart and the Roughneck

'This Is the First Time I've Touched Grass': the Colleges Giving Social Prescriptions

School Renamed After Janitor Who Spent 39 Years Uplifting Students

How I Learned to Read and Write at 42

Nonprofit Turns Vacant Lots Into Free Fruit Orchards

The Business School Experiment with No Prices

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