Getting Better News

🦅 What the Data Says About America’s Next Chapter

Americans are living in a country that has transformed profoundly in 50 years, yet many feel more anxious than ever about where it is headed.

May 14

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🩺 Trusting Health Information Without Losing Your Skepticism

We explore how trust in health information is shifting and why it often feels harder to make confident choices even as data and expertise expand.

May 7

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April 2026

🐾 How dogs help you find steady ground in a noisy world

We’re at the intersection of mental health and media habits, asking how we can stay awake to the world without feeling crushed by it.

Apr 30

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🌍 The Environmental Cost of Tech Innovation and How We Can Fix It

We’re looking past the hype to see how artificial intelligence and broader tech innovation are actually affecting the planet, and where the smartest…

Apr 23

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🌱 How media literacy is quietly improving our health

We are swimming in health claims, from TikTok remedies to influencer supplements, yet the skills to sort signal from noise are still unevenly taught.

Apr 16

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🔍 What Courts and Science Now Say About Social Media Addiction

We’re exploring a landmark jury verdict against Meta and Google, and new research that complicates simple stories about “addictive” social media and…

Apr 9

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😊 What the World Happiness Report Reveals About Trust, Information, and Well-Being

Insights from the latest World Happiness Report (an annual global assessment of well-being powered by Gallup polling and international research) show…

Apr 2

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March 2026

🧱 Building Information Integrity, One Skill at a Time

Reality Check is now Getting Better News - a shift from identifying misinformation to understanding what is truly meaningful.

Mar 26

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📰 AI, Newsrooms, and How Public Trust Is Really Shifting

We look at how AI is colliding with journalism, local news, and public trust - and what the evidence suggests is actually changing versus what only…

Mar 19

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🛸 Aliens, Conspiracies, and the Growing Need for Critical Thinking

We look at why UFO narratives are surging, what actually works (and doesn’t) to counter conspiracy thinking, and why critical thinking skills matter…

Mar 12

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✅ Rethinking Digital Childhood, Screen Time, and Social Media

Let’s move past headlines proclaiming that “screens are destroying a generation” to see what long-running data actually shows about screen time, social…

Mar 5

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February 2026

🗳️ How Americans Agree, Disagree, and Doubt the System in 2026

Three national surveys sketch a quieter, less divisive picture of American democracy than the crisis narratives dominating social feeds.

Feb 26

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