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Henry Dunant Organizes Aid After SolferinoGood News — FROM 1859A Swiss businessman witnesses battlefield suffering and creates the Red Cross movement.

Corrie ten Boom Opens Home for Holocaust SurvivorsGood News — FROM 1945Survivor creates place of healing

Video — YouTubeJon on Trump's Meme Assault on Canada & the Alternate Reality He's Constructed | The Daily ShowThe Daily Show · 8.3M views · Sep 9, 2026

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Roger Williams Founds Rhode IslandGood News — FROM 1636Exile creates haven of tolerance

The Story of the Man Who Invented Braille for MusicGood News — FROM 1830Blind composer creates accessible notation

Otto III and Bolesław the Brave Form Alliance at GnieznoGood News — FROM 1000Emperor and duke reconcile and create new diocese.

St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal Found the Visitation OrderGood News — FROM 1610The bishop and widow create a gentle rule for women.

15 books real people say completely changed the way they see the worldGood News — 4dA Reddit user asked for books that rewired their thinking and habits, prompting dozens to share specific titles and the exact shifts those books created.

Poorest Americans Face Housing Shortage, Vacant Units — 4dNonprofit developers and national data show that creating housing for the poorest renters is financially unviable without subsidies that do not exist, while vacancies rise as affordable units near market-rate rents. About 4 million affordable rentals remain for roughly 11 million extremely low‑income households, and only about 12% of 2024 LIHTC financing went to that group, highlighting a severe funding and supply gap for the neediest renters.

NYT and Athletic's new sports Connections puzzle spans hockey, tennis and football — 5dThe Athletic’s Connections: Sports Edition daily puzzle, created by Mark Cooper, offers four four-word groups with spoiler-free hints, solutions, and a link to a Soccer Edition for an extra challenge. The NYT–Athletic collaboration expands Connections into a sports-themed daily game with published hints and solutions for the current and recent puzzles (including numbers #714 and #713) that reset at midnight in readers’ time zones.

Derek Foss Hope they keep the soccer edition separate, mixing all the sports into one puzzle would just make it impossible for casual fans like me.

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African diaspora teens relearn ancestral languages to reconnect with grandparents — 5dA renaissance is underway for Africa’s languages, driven by diaspora reconnecting with roots and online learning, with examples like a Lagos game show where English is a loss and a Canadian teen learning Shona to talk with Zimbabwean grandparents, supported by platforms such as ZimbOriginal. Experts note Africa hosts 1,500–3,000 languages spoken by over a billion people, creating new business and tech opportunities as linguistic heritage moves into commerce and education through social media, storytelling, and online courses.

Rachel Meyers Love that game show idea, penalizing English is clever way to force people back into their mother tongue for fun instead of guilt.

Activists ask India's Supreme Court to close food warning label loophole — 4dIndian health activists have challenged a government plan for red front-of-pack labels that trigger warnings only when two of three nutrients exceed limits, arguing it creates an industry-friendly loophole that could let unhealthy products evade warnings, including those high in sugar alone. The government says stricter, nutrient-specific warnings could be introduced in later phases and a Supreme Court hearing is scheduled for September 10 to weigh the complaint, amid ongoing industry pushback and public health concerns.

Derek Foss If companies helped write the rules, of course there's a loophole. Hope the Court sides with public health over industry profits on this one.

Victor Miller, Original Friday the 13th Screenwriter, Dies at 86 — Sep 2, 2026Victor Miller, the screenwriter of the 1980 horror classic Friday the 13th who created Jason Voorhees, has died at 86 in Alameda, California, with his passing announced by his son. He also had a long career in daytime television, earning three Daytime Emmys for All My Children and writing for multiple soaps, while later engaging in a rights dispute over his original script.

Eaton to Invest $242M in North Little Rock Factory — Sep 3, 2026Eaton plans to invest over $242 million to build a 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in North Little Rock, creating about 1,200 jobs and doubling the company’s U.S. capacity for modular electrical enclosures from its Fibrebond business. The project, developed with local and state partners and following Eaton’s 2025 Fibrebond acquisition, will include hands-on training and career advancement opportunities for workers.

Marcus Bell Curious what tax incentives the state kicked in for this. $242 million is a big number but so is the public cost usually.

Luxury Cars Show Steep Depreciation, Mazda Lowers PriceAuto — 6dLuxury Mercedes-Maybach models, including the GLS600 and S680, are trading at surprisingly low used-car prices relative to their high original MSRP, underscoring steep depreciation but creating strong value for well-equipped, low-mileage examples. Buyers should weigh maintenance costs, service histories, and rare configurations (like the V12 S680 and Manufaktur specs) when evaluating private-party bids against market averages that often span roughly $150,000 to $185,000 for recent builds.

Mattel Creates First Barbie Doll With Down SyndromeReporting — Apr 26, 2023The toy company responsible for creating the iconic Barbie doll has become more inclusive. On Tuesday, Mattel announced on its website the company has created the first Barbie doll with Down syndrome. This was done in…

Woman With Cerebral Palsy Pushes for Disney to Create Princess With DisabilityReporting — Mar 3, 2023A woman born with cerebral palsy started her own campaign in hopes that Disney will create a princess with a disability. In her campaign on Change.org , Hannah Diviney shared the purpose behind creating it. The…

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Trump urges Congress to pass federal film tax incentive after Voight meeting — Aug 31, 2026President Trump endorses a federal tax incentive to boost film and television production in the United States, arguing it will create jobs and counter industry flight to Canada and other countries, and he is pushing for bipartisan legislation after meetings with Hollywood ambassador Jon Voight. The push is framed as a bipartisan effort to save the U.S. entertainment sector and revitalize production nationwide.

Priya Raman Jon Voight as a Hollywood ambassador is a wild sentence but if it gets bipartisan support to save studio jobs, fine by me.

House Votes To Create Select Committee To Investigate Jan. 6 RiotReporting — Jun 30, 2021The House has voted to create a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, overcoming Republican opposition. The measure to create the committee passed the chamber 222-190 with just two…

House votes 413-2 to censure NC Rep. Chuck Edwards over harassment claims — Sep 2, 2026The House voted 413-2 to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards after the House Ethics Committee found years of inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers, including lavish gifts, personal messages, and invitations to intimate events, creating a hostile work environment. Edwards apologized and said his actions did not amount to harassment, while noting he would not seek reelection, with only Rep. Ralph Norman voting against the censure.

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South Korea's Lee urges US-North Korea talks amid signs of movement — Sep 2, 2026South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung urged transforming the armistice on the Korean Peninsula into a lasting peace regime and creating conditions for constructive discussions to resume U.S.–North Korea diplomacy, highlighting Donald Trump’s outreach as a potential opening. He stressed Seoul’s leadership in peace efforts and cited signs of diplomatic movement, including Korea’s goal of regaining wartime operational control and broader regional stability.

Elena Vasquez Regaining wartime operational control seems like the real story here, not just the talk of diplomacy with the North.

Over 100 Anti-Trump Republicans, Including Ex-Officials, Threaten To Create 3rd Party: ReportsReporting — May 12, 2021Over 100 Republicans, including former elected officials, are planning to release a letter threatening to create a third party, according to reports. The threat to create the third party comes if Republicans do not…

White House to Create Office That Will Focus on Climate Change PolicyReporting — Nov 24, 2021The Biden administration is expected to create an office that will coordinate climate change policy. According to The Washington Post , the White House is launching a new division of the Office of Science and Technology…

Commentary: Mexico President Blames Biden for Migrant Crisis at Border: ‘Expectations Were Created’Reporting — Mar 24, 2021Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday blamed the crisis on the other side of his country’s border with the U.S. on the Biden administration’s messaging on immigration, which he said created…

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