- Healing through art
Best of 2025 • Humanity Edition Happy New Year’s Eve! We’re wrapping up 2025 on an especially inspiring note with the humanity edition of the Best of Nice News. The stories below are just a glimpse of the many ways people continue to remind us of the good that exists (and has always existed) in the world, even in the toughest of times. All that goodness adds up, and we hope it leaves you feeling as hopeful for the year ahead as we are. We’ll be back with regular programming tomorrow! Humanity…Read more
- Today’s Pick: You can buy former schools
Editors’ Picks • October 1, 2025 Today’s featured story is for anyone who loved school so much they wanted to stay long after the final bell rang — or, on the flipside, for those who wished they never had to leave their bed in the morning to get to class. Across the country, former school buildings are being transformed into single-family homes and affordable apartments, and the final results are incredibly impressive. In some cases, features of the structures’ previous lives are incorporated...
- A new chapter for a beloved children’s show
. Daily Edition • October 1, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s the first day of October, which means it’s time to curate your Halloween movie watch list. The Nice News team tends to track toward the Practical Magic and Casper the Friendly Ghost side of things, but if you prefer the spooky variety, USA Today compiled a list of 15 new horror movies to sink your teeth into this month. Must Reads Step into the shoes — or rather, the suit — of someone in their 70s or 80s For these dishes, the “secret...
- The coolest neighborhoods in 2025
. Daily Edition • September 30, 2025 SUPPORTED BY An urban tree that’s survived World War II bombings, redevelopment, and a pervasive fungal disease has been named the U.K.’s 2025 Tree of the Year. The beloved Argyle Street ash, the lone tree on a busy roadway in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland, has been standing for 170 years. Author James Cowan once called it “the most graceful ash I have seen,” a quote that’s displayed in a pub across the street, per The Guardian. Next up for the stately...