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Former Teen Mom, DC’s Top Cop Believes in Compassion
Cathy Lanier went from being a teenage mom on food stamps to being Washington D.C.'s first female chief of police. Hers was one of...
One Million People Pack D.C. With Energy, Optimism
Enthusiastic spectators flocked to Washington for Monday’s inauguration, where they braved chilly temperatures and heavy security to witness the ceremonial start of President Obama’s...
U2’s Bono Salutes Military Heroes in D.C.
Tina Brown, editor in chief of Newsweek, kicked off her first annual Hero Summit last week in Washington to bring together military heroes and...
Bringing Civility to Congress on GNN’s 15th Anniversary: Good News Goes to Washington!
"Can't they all just get along?" was the cry going out from a chartered yacht on Sept. 9, 2012, sailing up the Potomac River...
“Good News Goes to Washington” (on an 85-foot yacht)
To counter the barrage of negative campaigning in 2012, "Good News Goes to Washington"
An 85-foot yacht has been chartered to sail up the Potomac,...
6th Annual Peep Diorama Contest Winner: Marshmallows ‘OccuPeep’ DC
After six years, the Washington Post's annual Peeps Diorama contest has become a survey of all that touches and taunts our collective consciousness, an...
Celebration of DC Cherry Blossoms Marks 100 Years of Japan’s Friendly Gift
Today, Washington, DC celebrates the first day of Spring and the opening of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, commemorating the 100th anniversary of a...
Join Us for a Meet-The-Editor Lunch, Friday in DC
Meet the editor and founder of the Good News Network this Friday, October 22, in the Washington DC area. (Please RSVP by Wednesday night,...
Washington, DC Luxury hotel Goes Green (Video)
At the Willard, one of Washington, DC's oldest and most prestigious hotels, the high society guests find recycle waste baskets in their...
Fla. Boy, 11, Walking to D.C. for Homeless Kids
Zach Bonner has already walked farther and done more for charity than many grown-ups. Now he's about to make good on his vow to...
Good News in History, March 29
50 years ago today in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, a group of farmers—Yang Zhifa, his five brothers, and his neighbor Wang Puzhi—were digging in...
Good News in History, March 27
76 years ago today, a mere 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday played in front of a sold-out crowd...
Good News in History, February 11
2,684 years ago today is the traditional date for the foundation of the earliest centralized state on the islands of Japan. Descendant of the...
Good News in History, January 13
239 years ago today, The Times of London published its first ever broadsheet. Originally founded as The Daily Universal Register, The Times used contributions from...
Good News in History, January 8
49 years ago today, Ella Grasso became the first woman to be elected to serve as a state governor in the US. A member...
Good News in History, December 23
102 years ago today, Visva-Bharati University was founded in West Bengal by the Indian poet and polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The brilliant Nobel Prize-winning humanist...
Good News in History, December 8
100 years ago today, a sign was erected in the California hills advertising a new housing project called "Hollywoodland." Real estate developers Woodruff and...
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 3
118 years ago today, the prolific African-American painter Lois Mailou Jones was born. With her best works exhibited in a half-dozen fine arts museums...
Wash. D.C’s ‘Weed Warrior’ Volunteers Tackle ‘Mile-a-Minute’ Invasives to Save the Capital’s Trees
Around the capital beltway or Washington's famous Rock Creek Park, you may see a group of people ripping up vines along the treeline beside...