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🗞️ Good News: Dolly’s books had a proven global impact
Thursday, August 27, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📚 Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library confirmed it would continue her legacy and send free books to millions of children around the world. 📱 In a landmark settlement with 47 states, Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion in penalties and make major changes to its products over claims it endangered children with addictive social media platforms. (Gifted link) 🏀 Two former NBA...
🗞️ Good News: Michelin stars made affordable
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Remembering Dolly... ❤️ Tributes from peers, co-stars, and fans poured in for Dolly Parton after the “Queen of Country Music” died at the age of 80 in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer. 📚 While she was famous for a lot of things, in the music industry and beyond, Parton had said she was most proud of her “Imagination Library,” which has now gifted over 300 million free books to children in...
🗞️ Good News: Influencer, NBA player feed Gary residents
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🗳️ Voting is now open for Fat Marmot Week, the online competition supporting scientists and their research after their budget was cut by the Trump administration. 🥘 World Central Kitchen is providing free meals in Gary, Indiana as the state’s utility company continues working to restore power for thousands of residents nearly two weeks after severe storms. Today’s Top Good...
🗞️ Good News: California regulates tire efficiency
Monday, August 24, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... Aisha Wahab made history as the first Afghan American elected to Congress, fulfilling the rest of the term of former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned amid accusations of sexual misconduct. A federal judge upheld a pause on border wall construction along a wildlife refuge in Texas for allegedly “interfering and altering the property, canals and related irrigation infrastructure.”...
🗞️ Good News: All-terrain wheelchair debuts at national park
Friday, August 21, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💉 A controversial study that some vaccine skeptics used to argue that millions of people likely died as a result of COVID vaccines has been retracted over misinformation and issues with the research. 🏳️🌈 Bolivia recognized its first-ever same-sex marriage, a historic step that could lead the South American country to make same-sex marriages legal. 🏴 England is on track to be...
🗞️ Good News: Judge protects Alaska wildlife refuge
Thursday, August 20, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🏳️⚧️ Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care despite an announcement from the Trump administration banning Medicaid from covering hormone therapy and procedures for children under 18. 🌃 New York City hosted its first Parents’ Night Out event as part of an initiative to “make it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world” by giving parents and...
🗞️ Good News: Nature is healing (Great Barrier Reef edition)
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇦🇺 Part of a national response to the shooting that killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney, Australia announced a gun buyback program will start in November. 🐳 Six more beluga whales were moved from the now-closed Marineland in Canada to their new homes at the Shedd Aquarium and Georgia Aquarium, leaving just 11 left to be relocated. Environment AIMS LTM (CC BY-NC-ND)...
🗞️ Good News: Playgrounds mitigate climate change
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ❤️ Tributes from co-stars and peers in the industry poured in for Hayden Panettiere, who died on Sunday at age 36. 🇦🇺 In a “world-first” deal and a milestone for gig economy workers, Uber Eats and Doordash delivery drivers in Australia will earn a minimum wage, at least $31.30 an hour. 🇱🇧 Lebanon’s parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, and if it goes on to be approved by...
🗞️ Good News: A tiger’s triumphant return
Monday, August 17, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🥡 The European Union’s new packaging regulations are now in effect, setting EU-wide limits on “forever chemicals” in food-contact packaging. 🌳 Protesters are staging a “tree sit” in a tiny Arizona town to protect a 200-year-old tree from being cut down by the federal government for a border wall. Animals Courtesy of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Kazakhstan...
🗞️ Good News: Volunteers preserve national park history
Friday, August 14, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇨🇦 Canada ended sperm donor restrictions for gay and bisexual men, a “precedent-setting” move toward “ending decades-long discrimination.” 🎟️ New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a plan to give 2,000 free Broadway tickets to high school students in the city, joking that it was “justice for the theater kids who have watched City Hall roll out lotteries for major sporting...
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