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. Daily Edition • January 19, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a commemoration of the reverend and civil rights leader, whose teachings are needed now more than ever. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that,” King famously said during a 1957 sermon titled “Loving Your Enemies.” Check out our article below to learn some lesser-known facts about the late activist. Must Reads Can’t stop thinking about...

Sunday Edition • January 18, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Learning to be nice to one another is a big part of growing up: We’re taught to share, use kind words, and wait our turn to play with our favorite toys. But being nice isn’t just about good manners, and adults may benefit from some simple lessons in getting along just as much as kids do. “Having more social interactions that are safe and benevolent is a way to feel like you belong,” Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director at UC Berkeley’s Greater...

Daily Edition • January 17, 2026 SUPPORTED BY When was the last time you let your mind wander into fantasyland — no podcasts, no music, no social media? The art of daydreaming is easily lost in the digital age, but psychologists say it’s important for our overall well-being. “Daydreaming seems to be one route to having that kind of more meaningful, fuller life,” social psychology professor Erin Westgate told The Washington Post. Read three reasons why you should consider swapping mindless...

. Daily Edition • January 16, 2026 SUPPORTED BY We’re officially three weeks out from the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, kicking off 17 days of athletic competition in Milan and Cortina, Italy. But physical feats are just one part of the equation — we can also serve to learn a lot from the athletes’ mental toughness. “We get stronger by pushing ourselves to a limit where we’re at our maximum capacity — and then recovering," Emily Clark, a member of Team USA’s psychological services team,...

. Daily Edition • January 15, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Gourmet was the country’s premier food publication for nearly seven decades — The New York Times once wrote the magazine “was to food what Vogue is to fashion.” But Condé Nast shuttered it in 2009, and let the trademark lapse in 2021. Enter: the new Gourmet. Five journalists relaunched Gourmet this week as a newsletter that will share recipes and written features likely to be reminiscent of the original magazine’s intellectual sensibility. As...

Editors’ Picks • January 14, 2026 If you’re a regular reader of Nice News, you may have caught our recent explainer on the many health benefits that singing can offer, including boosting your mood and fostering feelings of connectedness. Those perks, and the simple joy of song, are why people who lack natural talent in this arena (read: they can’t carry a tune) are gathering together in singing groups. They’re called Tuneless Choirs, and the movement is growing. Have a listen in our article...

Daily Edition • January 14, 2026 SUPPORTED BY If you find yourself wanting to express the word “pickle” in the form of an emoticon, you’re currently faced with a not-quite-right alternative: the cucumber emoji. But that could soon change — Unicode, which sets the world standard for text and emoji, seems to have a new slate of emoji coming down the pipeline this year, and it includes the pickle. Other promising additions include a meteor (as opposed to the existing comet) and a lighthouse:...