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Bank of America Pledges $1 Billion to Fight Racial Inequality; Apple, Facebook, Verizon Give $10M Each

Bank of America is committing $1 billion over 4 years to Fight Racial Inequality, while Apple, Facebook, Verizon are pledging $10M Each.

A Legacy of Equality: Americans With Disabilities Act Turns 25

Sunday is the 25th anniversary of the ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, which made the country a lot more accessible than it was in...

Photo of the Day – It’s Women’s Equality Day

Women’s Equality Day commemorates the day in 1920 when voting rights for women officially became part of the U.S. constitution. The 19th Amendment securing women...
Brazil's Ipanema beach by Chris Battaglia-CC-Flickr-Photog63

How Brazil’s Good Governance Created High Growth, Political Freedom, and Greater Income Equality

In the first of four installments of a series on good governance, SPIEGEL explores how Brazil has become one of globalization's success stories. A...

Good News in History, April 18

80 years ago today, the inaugural hearing of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also called the World Court, was held at the Peace...

Good News in History, April 8

90 years ago today, the architect Kisho Kurokawa was born. This brilliant mind was the co-founder of the Metabolist architectural movement, which sought to...

Good News in History, April 6

59 years ago today, the first commercial communications satellite, Intelsat I, was placed in geosynchronous orbit. The tiny 2-foott device (nicknamed Early Bird for...

Good News in History, March 4

1,172 years ago today, a Duke named Trpimir I wrote in a charter in the Latin language that he was Duke of the Croats...

Good News in History, February 24

188 years ago today, one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America, Winslow Homer, was born. Born in Boston to a father always seeking...

Good News in History, February 15

33 years ago today, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary created the Visegrád Group, a cooperation agreement to reorient their nations away from communism and toward...

Good News in History, January 20

2 years ago today, Zara Rutherford became the youngest woman to fly around the world alone. Landing at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in western Belgium, she...

Good News in History, December 27

Happy 52nd birthday to Big Duncan Ferguson, the Scottish striker who racked up over 200 appearances for Everton FC scoring 58 goals. Whether you...

California Teen Passes the Bar Exam at 17– Now He’s a Practicing Attorney

Glasses on, Peter Park has a superpower, but it isn't spinning webs and catching thieves just like flies, it's a brilliant brain that has...

Good News in History, November 29

Happy 50th Birthday to Ryan Giggs, the Welsh winger for Manchester United who was considered an icon of his generation. Affectionately called "Giggsy," Giggs...

Good News in History, October 12

On this day in 1945, Desmond Doss became the only conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor after saving an estimated 75 men...

Good News in History, October 7

On this day, 138 years ago, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr was born. In his long and distinguished career, he made foundational contributions to...

Good News in History September 21

On this day in 1915, a Mr. Cecil Chubbs bought Stonehenge for £6,600. Born in Shrewton, four miles west of the iconic Neolithic monument,...

Good News in History September 17

480 years ago today, the first book in the Finnish language was published. Called The Abckiria, or the "ABC Book" it taught Finnish peasants...

Good News in History, September 6

61 years ago, Archaeologist James Marsden unearthed the first of the Blackfriar shipwrecks. Dating back to the 2nd century CE. The wreck is dated...

Good News in History, August 28

234 years ago today, German astronomer William Herschel discovered the sixth largest moon of Saturn, the icy, 500 kilometer-wide Enceladus. The 19th largest moon...