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New Law Allows Corporations to be ‘Socially Responsible’ Rather Than Dedicated to Profit
A new law passed by the California state Assembly could, for the first time ever, make it legal for a corporation to put social...
Discovering A Mother’s Love And Her Happiness
"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried careers since the payment is pure love," wrote Mildred B. Vermont.
The emotions of motherhood are...
Beaver Patrol: Wildlife Lovers Help Critters Cross Busy Highway
Beavers living near U.S. 2 in Vermont need a traffic cop, Mandy Hotchkiss decided. There’s probably hundreds of beavers living in the wetlands along...
States Put the ‘Home’ in Nursing Homes
The Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea, Mass., is part of what's known as the Green House project, founded by geriatrician Dr. Bill...
Tennessee’s Bold Leap in Care for the Aged and Disabled
After lagging behind the rest of the country for years, Tennessee is catching up fast when it comes to improvements in its health care...
An Eco Friendly Floor Finish – From Cows
Andrew Meyer believes that he's found a "whey" to help Vermont's dairy farms by turning their cheesemaking byproduct into an eco-friendly wood finish. ...
Thousands of New Jobs in 4 States Put Unemployed Back to Work
This week we featured the report that Houston-area employers added 10,300 jobs from January to February. This piece of good news is not...
Using the Worldwide Web to Engage With Your Next-Door Neighbors
When a Washington, D.C., couple moved to Burlington, Vermont, they were having trouble getting to know the neighbors. So, they cooked up a plan...
Snowboard Champ Hannah Teter Gives All Prize Money to Charity
Olympic snowboarding champion Hannah Teter, who won the gold medal four years ago, decided to donate all the prize money from her sport...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
Crime in US Drops Significantly, Despite Economic Downturn
From Washington to Oregon, to Vermont, states across the country are tallying lower crime rates over the past few years. Even in 2009,...
Laid Off? Join the Booming Non-Profit World
Thousands of laid-off business leaders can find fulfilling new jobs by seeking careers in the non-profit world, which is gearing up to respond to...
Healthiest Cities in US: Lincoln, Nebraska is #1
The top four healthiest cities for 2007 according to the US Centers for Disease Control are: Lincoln, Nebraska; Fargo, North Dakota; Boulder, Colorado; and...
AMBER Alerts on the Decline
Every state but Alaska has issued at least one AMBER Alert — a public announcement of a child abduction using the media, email...
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...
States Trying to Extend Foster Care Benefits
In most states, youths in foster care are on their own when they turn 18. Federal funding for their care is cut off when...
Soldiers Want To Rescue 24 Iraqi Orphan Boys
You may have heard some of the news coverage in the past few weeks about an Iraqi orphanage for boys with cerebral palsy and...
Amazing Snow Sculptures Compete in Contest
Winners have been crowned, and hot chocolate dispersed, in the 2007 Winterfest Snow Sculpting contest in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. First place was...
Whey Remedy Saves Hemlock from Devastating Pest
A beautiful Eastern Hemlock tree in my backyard died years ago, infested with an invasive species of aphid that has devastated trees throughout the...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...