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🗞️ Good News: Former coal mines become massive lake landscape

Monday, April 20, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📚 This week is National Library Week! This year’s theme is “Find Your Joy,” and its honorary chair is, appropriately, Mychal Threets, a Bay Area librarian known for his joyful approach to reading and social inclusion. 🐻 A federal judge struck down Trump administration regulations that sought to weaken the Endangered Species Act. 🧊 Another judge ruled that the Trump Administration...
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🗞️ Good News: New list calculates ‘True Net Worth’

Friday, April 17, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ✝️ During a speech in Cameroon, Pope Leo criticized those who manipulate religion “for their own military, economic or political gain.” 🏳️⚧️ The Montana Supreme Court blocked the state’s anti-trans ID policy, ruling that anti-trans discrimination is “by its very nature, sex discrimination.” 🏙️ New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a pied-à-terre tax that puts an annual...
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🗞️ Good News: Hawaii's ocean plastic pollution solution

Thursday, April 16, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ☀️ Maine is now the third state to pass legislation allowing citizens to use small plug-in solar devices to offset some of their electricity usage. 🎫 A jury found that Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, acts as a monopoly and has violated antitrust laws by using its dominance in the industry to stifle competition. (Gifted link) Environment Courtesy of the Center for Marine...
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🗞️ Good News: YouTuber’s free STEM curriculum for teachers

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📰 Two congressmen resigned from Congress this week following allegations of sexual misconduct. One of them, Eric Swalwell, also ended his campaign for governor of California. 🇫🇷 France announced it was doubling its support for electrification efforts to 10 billion euros ($12 billion) a year through 2030 to help reduce dependency on fossil fuels. Education Courtesy of CrunchLabs A...
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🗞️ Good News: DIY website preserves U.S. history

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇭🇺 Voters in Hungary overwhelmingly elected the opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, bringing an end to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power. 🏳️🌈 As part of a lawsuit settlement, the Trump administration agreed to permanently return the Pride flag to Stonewall National Monument in New York City. People doing good Fly View Productions/Getty Images An outdoorsman...
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🗞️ Good News: Brazil’s macaws return to Rio after 200 years

Monday, April 13, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🚀 The four Artemis II astronauts safely splashed down back to Earth in the Integrity spacecraft capsule yesterday, ending their history-making 10-day mission to the moon and back. 🇬🇷 Greece will be the next country to ban social media for youth under the age of 15 starting in 2027. ✈️ ICE agents have started leaving U.S. airports where they had been helping TSA agents manage long...
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🗞️ Good News: Megachurch donates $1M to stop evictions

Friday, April 10, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🏥 A new unit at Bellevue Hospital is welcoming its first patients with serious medical conditions who are incarcerated at Rikers Island, helping improve care for those in custody while also bringing the city closer to its goal of closing the jail. 🚀 The Artemis II crew made the first-ever ship-to-ship call to astronauts onboard the International Space Station, a 15-minute audio-only...
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🗞️ Good News: Miami park keeps flooding away

Thursday, April 9, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🖊️ A growing number of celebrities have signed a petition calling for the closure of the Dilley Immigration Detention Center in Texas, including Pedro Pascal, Ms. Rachel, Madonna, Jane Fonda, and John Legend. 🏀 The NBA playoffs start this month, and recently, the league approved the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers, previously owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen since 1988....
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🗞️ Good News: Rhinos return to Uganda after four decades

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🚀 NASA released the first images from the Artemis II crew’s lunar flyby, including a total solar eclipse that lasted 54 minutes for the crew. 🗞️ The U.S. and Iran reached a ceasefire deal less than two hours before the deadline President Trump imposed, threatening in a social media post that said a “whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” Animals...
A blue sign with white engravings that say "In loving memory of Caleb Jr." and depictions of hands signing words like "friend," "play" and more

🗞️ Good News: ASL playground sign honors former student

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🚀 The Artemis II mission crew is officially heading back to Earth after looping around the far side of the moon yesterday, and after officially surpassing the Apollo 13 distance record of 248,655 statute miles from Earth. 🏒 The PWHL set a new women’s hockey attendance record with a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden, where 18,006 fans packed the iconic arena to watch the New...

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