The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News

Sports gear on a red outdoor court: basketball, soccer ball, volleyball, and tennis rackets arranged together on the ground.

Oakland kids can now borrow sports gear for free at this special library

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Youth sports in the United States now cost the average family about $1,016 a year per child, up ...

The case for clearing your calendar one weekend a month

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Summer has a way of sneaking up on you. In May, you were excited about everything: the outdoor ...

UK police go undercover in Surrey as runners to crack down on street harassment

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Eighteen people have been arrested in Surrey, UK, after undercover police officers posed as female joggers to identify ...

Mexico’s jaguar numbers rise: conservation sparks a 30 percent increase

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Good news for the jaguar, a species often teetering on the edge of survival: Mexico has just recorded ...

6 ways to get more comfortable with risk and reinvention

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM After two years of conversations with founders, executives, and leaders across industries, Liz Tran kept noticing the same ...