In A Girl of the Limberlost, Gene Stratton-Porter writes, “The world is full of happy people, but no one ever hears of them. You have to fight and make a scandal to get into the papers.” Here is your opportunity to hear the good news: Every day people like you build a grateful world through acts of creativity and compassion.

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Pilot moonlights as father to 47

At Roslin Orphanage, children giggle through deep concentration as they try to master the 'Chicken Dance'. "They are cheerful-looking and photogenic, but close to all have a very sad story," said Budi Soehardi, founder of the West Timor orphanage, where he and his wife, Peggy, look after 47 children.
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The Man Who Opened the Gate

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the columnist Roger Cohen describes how a former East German border guard kept that fateful night peaceful, rather than filled with bloodshed.
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People making a difference: Sheema Kermani

KARACHI, Pakistan  In Pakistan, women's rights activist Sheema Kermani stages plays that stir controversy – and thought. Kermani's troupe makes an important argument for change at a time when militants are cracking down on Pakistan's cultural heritage.  » Full Story

Footballer tackling racism in Greece

A quarter of a million migrant children are to be granted Greek citizenship as part of the new socialist government's initiative to tackle discrimination. The country's football stars have also joined the effort to ease tensions. » Full Story

Hungry to learn across the world

At 16 years old, Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the world. He's a teenager who is in charge of teaching hundreds of students in his family's backyard, where he runs classes for poor children from his village. » Full Story

Boy Lifts Book; Librarian Changes Boy's Life

Olly Neal tells his daughter that as a young student he sneaked books out of the library because he didn't want his friends to give him a hard time about his reading. The wise librarian chose a unique way to deal with this, which paid off in spades.  » Full Story

Leaping wolf snatches photo prize

Jose Luis Rodriguez captured the imaginations of the judges with a picture that he had planned for years.  As one judge said "It's captured thousands of years of human-wolf interaction in just one moment."
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Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None

Across the nation, an antigarbage strategy known as “zero waste” is moving from the fringes to the mainstream, taking hold in school cafeterias, national parks, restaurants, stadiums and corporations. Americans are still the undisputed champions of trash, but some communities are mandating recycling and proving that waste going to landfills can be drastically reduced. » Full Story