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🗞️ Good News: Historic protections for Indigenous people

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. April is here... It’s Earth Month! Beyond advocating for change around the issues most impacting the planet — Earth Month is an opportunity to collectively celebrate, care for, and enjoy our beautiful planet. April is also Arab American Heritage Month! A more recent addition to the awareness holiday calendar, this month we’re celebrating the diversity and richness of Arab American identity, culture,...
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🗞️ A plastic that dissolves in water and enriches soil

Monday, March 31, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Hope & Heartbreak... Today is Trans Day of Visibility! This year, TDOV feels more important than ever, and we can all do our part to celebrate and care for trans and non-binary folks (more on that below). On Friday, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Mandalay, Myanmar, with devastation spreading throughout Thailand, too. More than 140 people were killed and hundreds more injured — here are some ways to...
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🗞️ Good News: The largest renewable energy expansion ever

Friday, March 28, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. sports fans... The men’s tournament started back up last night, and women’s March Madness is back underway tonight after a break before the Sweet 16 games, which are already making an economic impact in host cities. The outlook is no different for elite women’s sports in general, with revenues officially projected to reach a record $2.35 billion this year. Clean energy Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble In...
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🗞️ Good News: 500 more streets go car-free in Paris

Thursday, March 27, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Headlines... Judges have now temporarily blocked the deportation of two Columbia University protesters who are also permanent legal U.S. residents: first, former graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who is still in ICE custody in Louisiana, and now 21-year-old Yunseo Chung. There’s a solid chance you’ve come across the Wayback Machine in your internet browsing, and now, as the Trump administration...
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🗞️ Good News: LA's trees are 'kicking a**' at absorbing CO2

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Welcome... After an Idaho teacher was ordered to remove “Everyone is welcome here” signs from her classroom, the community rallied in support of her message — and made sure it was heard far and wide. Even more folks have rallied in support, too: A small business in Boise has sold 15,000 shirts depicting the same message, and teachers are wearing them in solidarity (Threads). Environment & animals...
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🗞️ Good News: A titanium heart makes medical history

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Up first... You can officially delete that Amazon app (if you haven’t already) — there’s an alternative that lets you shop exclusively from thousands of Black-owned businesses. Via a ban on drag shows being held at its special event venues, Texas A&M tried to stop the college’s “Draggieland” performance set for Thursday — but a federal judge said the show must go on. Science & medicine Image: via...
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🗞️ Good News: California's EV charger boom

Monday, March 24, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Catching up... The newest World Happiness Report was released, and access to nature and a strong welfare system helped make Finland the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row. March Madness is madness-ing ... but over in professional women’s basketball news, the Indiana Fever will set a WNBA all-time record with 41 of its 44 regular season games aired on national television....
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🗞️ A *very precise* wildfire-detecting satellite is in orbit

Friday, March 21, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. FYI... Today is World Down Syndrome Day! This year’s theme is “Improve Our Support Systems” and we’ve got good news on that front — programs to support the care of those with Down syndrome are growing. (More good Down syndrome news below!) And heads up: tomorrow is World Water Day! charity: water has long been at the forefront of advocating for clean water around the world — and this year, you could...
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🗞️ Good News: A drop in Native American suicide rates

Thursday, March 20, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. a beautiful day! Today is Fred Rogers’ Birthday! It was Mister Rogers who first reminded us that when the news is bad and scary, to “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” It’s the foundation of what we do here every day! Here’s a helper: The NCAA women’s college basketball tournament tips off tomorrow, and one LSU player is using March Madness to provide debt relief for...
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🗞️ A world-first facility to cut cement’s carbon footprint

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Down to Earth... The inaugural “National Geographic 33” was just announced, and drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia made the list alongside Selena Gomez, Jason Momoa, Björk, Don Cheadle, and more. The astronauts who were stuck in space about 278 days longer than they intended have finally made their journey back to Earth. Environment Photo: Heidelberg Materials Canada is building the...

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