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Cuba’s Urban Farming Program a Stunning Success
"Cuba's urban farming program has been a stunning, and surprising, success. The farms, many of them on tiny plots now supply much of Cuba's...
Cuba to Abolish Equal Pay Caps on Workers, EU Drops Sanctions
Cuba is to end its policy of equal pay for all and allow workers and managers to earn performance bonuses -- another in a...
Pastors for Peace Defy US Ban, Bring Bicycles, Friendship to Cuba
For 18 years, Pastors for Peace has led a caravan to Cuba bringing tons of humanitarian aid and friendship despite the US blockade on...
First Cell Phones, Now Computers Come to Cuba
Cubans can now buy personal computers, the latest freedom offered by Cuba's new president, Raul Castro, who lifted the ban on cell phones earlier...
Cubans Can Have Cell Phones for the First Time
Cubans new president has authorized Cubans to officially get mobile phones, until now mainly reserved for foreigners and government staff, the state telecommunications company...
Cuba Throws Lifeline to Sea Turtles
Cuba has thrown a lifeline to the Caribbean’s endangered and critically endangered marine turtles with a government resolution ending all harvesting of marine turtles.
Such...
Cuba’s Agricultural Revolution an Example to the World
An organic, green revolution, largely unnoticed, is well under way in Cuba — unprecedented both within the developed and undeveloped world — establishing a self-sustaining system...
Insect Farm Hatches Plan for Greener Animal Feed for Chickens and Pigs
There's been a lot of talk in the media over the last few years about insect protein, whether used in fake beef, protein bars,...
Senators Pushed Big Pharma to Cap Inhaler Prices at $35 – Successfully Bringing Relief to American Families
Less than three months after U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her colleagues launched an investigation into the four major American manufacturers of inhalers, three...
Good News in History, March 20
205 years ago today, the Burlington Arcade opened in Piccadilly, London. It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th-century European shopping gallery and...
Paraplegic Veteran Uses Skydiving to Reclaim Lost Sensation in His Legs and Soul
There was a lot that Army veteran Alex Dillman lost when he became a paraplegic after an IED blew up under his legs in...
Good News in History, March 9
50 years ago today, Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese infantryman holdout finally surrendered 29 years after the end of World War II. Operating out of...
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, March 2
125 years ago today, President William McKinley signed into law a bill creating Mount Rainier National Park, the fifth in the nation, in order...
Hug Therapy Helps Premature Babies Develop as Volunteers Sit in for Moms Who Can’t Be There
In a hospital in the Argentine city of Cordoba, a wonderful and obvious initiative is giving babies a more natural environment when they are...
Deep Sea Octopus Nursery With 4 New Species Confirmed by Marine Biologists
The Schmidt Ocean Institute recently announced a set of absolutely incredible results from one of their expeditions 2 miles below the seas of Costa...
Quick-Thinking Flight Attendant and Passengers Save 6 Flamingo Eggs Aboard Flight
Alaska Airlines flight attendant Amber May has had some unusual requests in her 10 years of flying, but being asked to help save some...
Good News in History, January 30
104 years ago today, Mazda was incorporated as "Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. Ltd." a cork-making factory, by Jujiro Matsuda. 11 years later, it started...
Good News in History, January 25
139 years ago today, one of the most influential modern poets in Japanese history, pen name Hakushu Kitahara, was born. The man published over...
Good News in History, January 21
89 years ago today, The Wilderness Society was formed by an "organization of spirited people who will fight for the freedom and preservation of...