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Looking For a Purrrrfect Road Trip Destination? Visit American Museum of the House Cat
Are you a fan of cats? Are you a fan of art and novelties? Then boy, do we have the place for you.
The American...
Region of the Americas Finally Declared Measles-Free
Thanks to mass vaccination efforts in South and North America, measles has been eliminated from the region for good.
Number of Uninsured Latino Children Hits All-Time Low in U.S.
A new report credits the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with reducing the number of uninsured Latino children in America to an all-time low.
The study only...
First Latino U.S. Poet Laureate Named, Weaves English, Spanish into Poems
The son of migrant farmworkers, who fled the 1910 Mexican Revolution, has been named the first Latino Poet Laureate of the U.S.
As he announced...
Oldest Jockey and First Latino Ever to Win Triple Crown Donates Winnings
Ending the sport's 37 year drought, the thoroughbred American Pharoah galloped into the history books at the Belmont Stakes Saturday to become horse racing’s...
Giving Thousands of American Kids the Vision to Succeed
Educators say 80 percent of learning depends on a child’s ability to see a blackboard or read a book, but some children in the...
Duke Ellington is First African- American to Solo on U.S. Coin
Just in time for the closing of Black History Month, the U.S. Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington,...
Latina Entrepreneur Succeeds with Ethics Learned From Migrant Worker Parents
Yolanda Cuevas is living proof that the American dream is obtainable for anyone willing to work for it. A first-generation Mexican-American, and the third...
Non-Profit Teach for America Sees Big Growth
Teach For America announced this week a record number of incoming recruits for fall placement in low-income schools across the country. 3,700 new teachers...
North American Exclusive! Eco-Friendly Steel Cuts Coal Use and Emissions
The process of manufacturing environmentally friendly steel not only reduces coal use by one-third, it also salvages plastic waste from garbage dumps, cooking it...
How Costa Rica Slowed, Stopped, Then Reversed Deforestation in Their Rainforests
Once the captial of logging and deforestation in Latin America, Costa Rica's Payment for Environmental Service model helped reforest the country.
Costa Rica Has Been Powered Only By Renewable Energy For 122 Days
After using renewable energy for 99% of their electricity in 2015, this Latin American country plans to be carbon neutral by 2021.
Global Life Expectancy Rises by 6.2 Years After Drop in Deaths from Stroke, Diarrhea, and Respiratory Infections
Reductions in deaths from leading killers in the developing world such as as diarrhea, lower respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia, and stroke,...
Heaps of Gold Uncovered in 1,200-year-old Pre-Colombian Tomb in Panama
An array of golden artifacts and human remains have been discovered in Panama belonging to a religious leader of a non-Mayan, pre-Colombian society.
Little is...
Good News in History, March 3
7 years ago today, Nintendo released the Switch gaming console. While video games may not be everyone's cup of tea, it was an inspiring...
Good News in History, December 6
111 years ago today, the bust of Nefertiti was discovered in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose's workshop by German archaeologists. It has become...
Good News in History, November 15
6 years ago, Pakistani archeologists revealed to the world the finished excavations of the Bhamala Stupa, one of the oldest in the world, and...
St. Louis Looks to Resettle Chicago Migrants From Venezuela to Reverse Declining Population, Boost Workforce
Last Wednesday, WBEZ (91.5 FM) reported that a civic leader of St. Louis visited the Chicago Mayor's Office to discuss a program whereby migrants...
Good News in History September 26
40 years ago today, the lives of two Soviet cosmonauts, Gennady Strekalov and Vladimir Titov, were saved in the only use of an emergency...
Good News in History, August 22
369 years ago today, Jacob Barsimson stepped off the boat on North American soil at "New Amsterdam" (Manhattan, New York City) on a mission...