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The Upside weekly report

Journalism that uncovers real solutions: people, movements and innovations offering answers to our most pressing problems. We round up the best articles for you every week – sign up to receive them in your inbox

21 April 2022

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16 July 2021

  • woman with her arms open in a sunny wood

    Why are so many Americans happy with their lot?

    A survey paints a different picture of the US – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

9 July 2021

  • Winning hearts ... Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden celebrate England’s victory at Wembley Stadium.

    How many cheeses does it take to make a cheeseboard?

    This week, the Upside considers a vital question, as well as scoping out all the week’s most positive news

25 June 2021

  • Tenants and housing rights activists in Los Angeles protest for a halting of rent payments and mortgage debt during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Should we just pay off all Covid-related rent arrears?

    The Upside weighs up an ambitious plan to tackle evictions, plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

18 June 2021

  • MacKenzie Scott has made a donation of $2.7bn.

    A million dollars a minute: the rise and rise of philanthropy

    The Upside reflects on decades of giving away money – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

11 June 2021

  • Sand sculpture: new hope for 2021

    Stop the nostalgia. Now is the best time of all

    Upside readers weigh in on when it was best to be alive, plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

21 May 2021

  • Jessica Fordham (left) and Fiona Fisk take a trip back to the roaring 20s with flapper costumes ahead of the Harrogate Flower Show, May 2021.

    When was the best time to be alive?

    The roaring 20s, the swinging 60s or the naughties 00s? The Upside wants to know – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

14 May 2021

  • Hear ye! Good things have happened too

    News needs to shout about heroes, as well as rogues

    The Upside salutes a new series about people making a difference – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

7 May 2021

  • The Guardian Australia cake during celebrations for the Guardian’s 200th birthday.

    Confetti and a competition: how to turn 200 in style

    The Guardian celebrates its bicentenary – plus this week’s reasons to be hopeful

23 April 2021

  • A fan outside Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium.

    Week of two halves, but football is the winner

    The joy of watching Big Phootball get a kick in the teeth - plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

16 April 2021

  • A sign outside a coffee shop saying “Warning! real life ahead” as people sit and drink coffee outside on the high street on April 15, 2021 in Billericay, England.

    Get angry if you will, but don’t forget the nuance

    Life is complicated. For example, not all rich people are evil. And not all news is bad.

2 April 2021

  • Two people sat in deckchairs in St James's Park, London.

    What other 'rules of six' are there to govern our lives?

    Half a dozen ideas for easier living – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

26 March 2021

  • Students reading books in a park

    Five books that got you through lockdown

    The great books that readers recommended most – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

19 March 2021

  • Adversity is eternal: Barge Haulers on the Volga, by 19th century Russian painter Ilya Repin

    Adversity - and what it takes to overcome it

    An unlikely project in the middle of a civil war shows us what is possible in the direst situations. Plus seven others reasons to be hopeful this week

12 March 2021

  • teenage boys playing in the playground at Chertsey high school last Tuesday.

    Will adversity of past months breed more resilient children?

    One positive of lockdown could be young people who are more ready for life’s challenges – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

26 February 2021

  • Mohamedou Ould Salahi

    Do good things come to those who wait?

    Friendship blossoms in one of the most inhospitable places on the planet – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

12 February 2021

  • Elderly woman receives vaccine

    One small jab, one giant leap of hope in Covid-weary world

    Rising number of vaccinations feels like a turning point – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

5 February 2021

  • Robert Plant and Jimmy Page at Live Aid 1985, busy changing the world

    Songs and revolutions: the music that changed the world

    The Upside celebrates a new series on the power of song – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

29 January 2021

  • Janet Edwards hangs a festive We’re Open sign designed by artist Timothy Hunt in the window of her flower shop in south London.

    How to tackle the crisis of jobs – create your own?

    We’re collecting stories of inspiring people who’ve started a business in lockdown – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopeful

22 January 2021

  • US President Joe Biden delivers his Inauguration speech after being sworn in as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

    A week of pure Upside: now let's turn the politics down for a bit

    The new Joe Biden era feels calmer already. And that wasn’t the only hopeful thing to come out of this week
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