Reading the news and staying informed can often have the negative side effect of feeling a strong sense of powerlessness and despair. Our team wanted to explore potential opportunities for users to stay informed while maintaining an optimistic perspective and a sense of agency in the world. Our solution was to design an imagined platform to allow users to do more than just read the news. Periodical provides digestible news through various mediums in addition to connecting users with actionable causes to engage and empower them to be active within their local communities.