Good News in History, August 15
108 years ago today, American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the first long-form animation film, the Sinking of the Lusitania, showing what pure conviction looks like. Far from being funny, the 12-minute film depicted the huge British steam liner carrying 2,000 passengers when it was torpedoed by a German submarine. An originator of animated cartoons, he […]
The kindness section highlights people helping people: strangers stepping in during emergencies, communities rallying around neighbors, small acts that ripple outward. These are not performative charity stories; they are moments where someone chose to act when they did not have to.
The morning letter delivers the day's best positive headlines before the rest of the internet gets loud. Free, no tracking, one click to leave.
Get the morning letter →
The video starts normal enough, but a surprise is waiting somewhere near the chorus. Mikayla Khramov is strumming guitar…
The month of August heralded the return of 14 acres of golden sunflowers topping the landscape in Scotland. Open to visi…
Along California’s redwood coast, conservationists have been working for more than a decade to give a damaged creek some…
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his wee…
Most news feeds won't give you another one. Our morning letter will: one email at sunrise with the day's best good news.
Start tomorrow morning →