New LA district attorney introduces sweeping reforms
Los Angeles County has a new district attorney and he is making some big changes in the county’s criminal justice system. Newly sworn-in George Gascón reports that the district attorney’s office will no longer seek cash bail for any misdemeanor or non-violent, non-serious felony Read More...
MLB to include Negro League stats to the official record book
Professional baseball leagues in the US were segregated until 1947. Although the league has come very far since Jackie Robinson became its first Black player, in many ways the sport is still reckoning with its racist past. Last week, the league took another step towards correcting its past wrongs Read More...
Study: How has the pandemic changed our relationship with nature?
During the pandemic, we have seen a resurgence of animal populations and cleaner air and water, but we have also witnessed a fundamental shift in many people’s personal relationship with nature. When the great outdoors is one of the few places you can safely have recreation, we gain a newfound Read More...
The Optimist View: Best of 2020
"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." - Fred Rogers While 2020 has felt like a long, strange “fever dream”, to quote one of our staff members, there were lots of positive solutions to be found. Whether it was advances in medicine, Read More...
These essentials will amplify your meditation practice
According to FitBit data, the number of people who meditate rose 2,900 percent between March and September of this year. With exercise facilities shut down and extra stress on mental health, many people are turning to meditation to cope with the impacts of the pandemic. If you want to take up Read More...
Pandemic rituals to carry with us into the new year
2020 has thrown our schedules and expectations upside down, but some of the new habits we’ve formed this year may stick with us even as we return to a semblance of normalcy. Here are a few ideas for pandemic rituals you may want to maintain as 2021 New Year's resolutions. Journaling. Many Read More...
December 18, 2020
Today we've got a great new company urging customers to recycle their underwear and how changing fish food could make farmed protein more sustainable and nutritious! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 18, 2020
Today we've got a great new company urging customers to recycle their underwear and how changing fish food could make farmed protein more sustainable and nutritious! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 18, 2020
Today we've got a great new company urging customers to recycle their underwear and how changing fish food could make farmed protein more sustainable and nutritious! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 18, 2020
Today we've got a great new company urging customers to recycle their underwear and how changing fish food could make farmed protein more sustainable and nutritious! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...