In villages where books can be hard to access, small libraries are popping up at bazaars, temples and bus stops and beyond.

In villages where books can be hard to access, small libraries are popping up at bazaars, temples and bus stops and beyond.

Kea Krause is a writer based in Maine. Her work has appeared in Orion, Sierra and National Geographic, among other media outlets.

Though Nigeria’s tech industry is booming, job opportunities for people with disabilities remain scarce. Deaf-in-Tech aims to change that. At Sunrise Banks, customers can opt for their deposits to be ...

Elizabeth Hewitt is a freelance journalist based in the Netherlands. She's interested in how policy-making impacts lives, and likes to write about local solutions to big problems.

Michaela Haas, Ph.D., is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. An award-winning author and solutions reporter, her recent books include Bouncing Forward: The Art and Science of Cultivating ...

To make the most of brief blooming seasons, beekeepers in one of the world’s most water-scarce countries have turned their apiaries mobile. Move over, snowmaking. As climate change reduces snowpack, ...

Reasons to be Cheerful is a non-profit editorial project that is part magazine, part therapy session, part blueprint for a better world.

Maeen Al-Najri is journalist based in Sanaa, Yemen, whose journalism career began in 1999, and has since seen the publishing of countless reports in local and regional outlets. He currently focuses on ...

As beekeeper Mosad Al-Humairi watched the truck carrying 48 of his beehives lurch to one side, its right wheels sinking dangerously in the muddy road and its top tilting towards a drop fewer than two ...

To make the most of brief blooming seasons, beekeepers in one of the world’s most water-scarce countries have turned their apiaries mobile.