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🗞️ Good News: ‘Off Campus’ star’s lifesaving kidney donation
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ✝️ Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology for the Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling it a “wound in Christian memory.” 💊 For the first time, Planned Parenthood clinics in Washington and Hawaii will offer “just in case abortion pills,” which allow patients to stock up on medication before they need it. ⚖️ Following...
🗞️ Good News: A gray wolf sighting after 100+ years
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 👏 A federal judge dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Trump administration brought the charges as part of a vindictive effort to punish him for challenging his wrongful deportation. (Gifted link) 🌎 Despite U.S. opposition, in a 141-8 vote, the UN adopted a historic climate ruling that says countries have a legal obligation to address climate change. 📺...
🗞️ Good News: Florida’s record-breaking turtle nesting season
Friday, May 22, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🍎 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched a livestream chat series on Twitch to open up “a new conversation between government and the people it serves.” 🗳️ A new poll showed the vast majority of Americans — 8 in 10 — say there should be age caps for members of Congress, as well as term limits. The support was bipartisan, too. 🎫 Spotify announced its new “Reserved” ticket program,...
🗞️ Good News: Wild jaguar spotted after 70 years
Thursday, May 21, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📺 The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs tonight, ending an era of what one scholar called some of the best satire in U.S. history. 📰 The Denver City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new data center development and construction, and it goes into effect today. Animals Mario Martins/Rewilding Argentina For the first time in 70 years, a wild...
🗞️ Good News: 'Real loser' Olympian supports youth sports
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🏳️⚧️ Following an injunction requested by parents, a Kansas judge temporarily blocked a law banning gender-transition treatments for minors in the state. ❤️ Security guard Amin Abdullah, a father of eight who was killed in the San Diego mosque shooting, is being hailed as a hero who “played a pivotal role in keeping this from being much worse.” Sports Hunter Hess/Instagram Olympic...
🗞️ Good News: Homicides reach 50-year low in Baltimore
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 👏 Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a ban on assault firearms and high-capacity magazines into law, making the state the 11th in the U.S. to ban assault weapons. 💵 Senators unanimously approved a measure to withhold their own pay during federal government shutdowns, while ensuring they receive back pay once it reopens. 🗳️ Thousands of people gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, the...
🗞️ Good News: Fourth graders rally to save bald eagle habitat
Monday, May 18, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🪧 Interfaith leaders protested a Trump administration-backed Christian nationalist “prayer rally” held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. yesterday with a bold art display. 💍 Overcoming fierce debate, Oklahoma became the 17th U.S. state to officially ban child marriage, setting the minimum marriage age at 18 and ending legal exceptions for minors. 💊 The Supreme Court ruled that...
🗞️ Good News: University expands free tuition guarantee
Friday, May 15, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📚 This Sunday, May 17, is the first-ever National Little Free Library Day! Celebrate by using Little Free Library’s interactive map to find book-ban hotspots and discover the Little Free Libraries located in those areas. 📰 The DeSantis administration has reportedly told private contractors that the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center will be closing and broken down starting in June....
🗞️ Good News: A massive community solar project
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📺 The final episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” airs in one week, and both Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon announced they will “go dark” and air reruns of their respective shows that night. 🏴 In a historic moment for LGBTQ+ representation in government, voters in Scotland elected the first two openly trans members of parliament. 🤖 Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and George...
🗞️ Good News: Gaza’s first new library is now open
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📈 The Senate voted unanimously to ban its members and their staff from betting in prediction markets, effective immediately. 🌳 Joining California, Massachusetts became an official member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a global network of more than 1,400 governments and organizations. 🌺 Hawaii’s legislature passed a first-in-the-nation bill that would...
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