For the first and only time, we've started 2026

And here's the good news so far...

Jan 9 • Jacob Simon

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December 2025

What went right in 2025?

The best good news stories from each month this year, chosen out of thousands of stories of progress...

Dec 24, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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This teacher 3D printed a working hand for his student [vol. 179]

Plus some of the best photos you've seen all year, a big court win, a potential new Nobel Prize category, and more...

Dec 19, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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This 14-year-old's origami could become a popup building in emergencies [vol. 178]

Plus 10 stories of progress from this week, from an Indigenous anime, to transforming vacant lots into flower farms...

Dec 12, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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How community scientists are tracking monarch butterflies

Plus 7 of this week's best stories of progress, from saving a dying Indigenous language, to new fungal mosquito repellant.

Dec 5, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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November 2025

What went right in November? [176]

The world's oldest park ranger, getting more offshore wind power, and 10 of the best stories from November...

Nov 28, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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The nurse who climbs a 1000-foot ladder to save lives [175]

Plus a double-headed wind turbine, 100 million migrating crabs, and more...

Nov 21, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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Did anything go right this week? [#174]

Brave conservation rangers, a library's free grocery store, 45 women warriors, and much more...

Nov 14, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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Little-known stories of hope no. 173

The 10 best underreported stories of progress from October, plus several more from this first week of November....

Nov 7, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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October 2025

Little-known stories of hope #172

Abandoned dog redemption arc, new LED cancer treatment, repair cafes gaining steam, and many more things going right this week...

Oct 31, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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Our first Community Project! [Impact Report 1]

Each month we support an everyday hero building a better future, and our first one is finally here... Meet Roopa and her supper club, where food is…

Oct 30, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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This week's most underrated stories [171]

Seven awesome stories that most people haven't heard about...

Oct 24, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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