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🗞️ Good News: Colombia opens its first ‘clean air zone’
Friday, February 27, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🗓️ Women’s History Month starts on Sunday! Lasting all throughout March, including International Women’s Day on March 8, this month recognizes and celebrates the contributions of women all throughout the nation’s history. 🎓 One year after masked federal agents grabbed her off the street, Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk earned her PhD, and said she is still “hopeful that...
🗞️ Good News: Rhino poaching declines in South Africa
Thursday, February 26, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🎤 The activist group “Singing Resistance” is leading a nationwide “day of song” this weekend to “further spread and deepen the practice of singing throughout U.S. social movements.” 🧊 A former ICE lawyer told lawmakers that training was “deficient, defective, and broken,” and that agents got far less instruction in key areas, including use of force and constitutional rights. 🥇...
🗞️ Good News: Florida city lights up sky with rainbow lasers
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇺🇸 Joining fans outraged by President Trump’s phone call with the U.S. men’s team, Flavor Flav invited the U.S. women’s hockey team to have “a real celebration” for their gold medal win in Las Vegas. 📰 Two U.S. senators introduced a bill that would bar the Department of Homeland Security from opening new immigration detention centers without state and local officials’ consent....
🗞️ Good News: Stomach cancer rates drop dramatically in Japan
Tuesday, February 23, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🚔 London police arrested former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the country’s second recent arrest for ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ❄️ As a historic blizzard blankets the city, 1,400 New Yorkers signed up to work as emergency snow shovelers and help keep sidewalks, bus stops, and more clear. 🥇 The...
🗞️ Good News: US sees new record life expectancy
Monday, February 23, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🥇 Team USA won its most gold medals in a single Winter Olympics this year, with 12 total golds — and 8 of them were won by women. ⚖️ In a major setback for President Trump’s economic agenda, the Supreme Court ruled that he could not invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to set tariffs on imports. (Gifted link) Animals After a viral video of adoptable dogs...
🗞️ Good News: New Jersey city takes down a data center
Friday, February 20, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🎂 Tomorrow is John Lewis’ birthday. Throughout his life, the civil rights icon shared many insights on the importance of perseverance, hope, and the need for continued activism in the face of adversity — and those words still ring true today. 🇺🇸 The U.S. women’s hockey team won Olympic gold over Canada, with captain Hilary Knight scoring the game-tying goal to send the game into...
🗞️ Good News: A retired factory worker’s massive free library
Thursday, February 19, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🏳️🌈 Senator Chuck Schumer is introducing legislation to make a rainbow Pride flag a permanent part of Stonewall National Monument. 🎾 World No. 5 tennis player Coco Gauff spoke out about immigration crackdowns happening in the U.S., saying, “I don’t think people should be dying in the streets for just existing.” 📰 A federal judge ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia cannot be...
🗞️ Good News: Tow truck driver returns cars for free
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ❤️ Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse L. Jackson passed away yesterday. Tributes poured in for Jackson, honoring his leadership in and contributions to the civil rights movement. (Gifted link) ⚖️ A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore a slavery exhibit it had removed at George Washington’s former home in Philadelphia. Sports Getty Images Team USA bobsledder...
🗞️ Good News: Nobody buys gas cars in Norway
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🧧 It’s the Lunar New Year! Welcome to the Year of the Horse. ☺️ Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day! Here are some ways to celebrate and make kindness a habit, starting today. Global health Courtesy of Good Store and Partners in Health Sierra Leone John and Hank Green donated $50m to open the first-ever NICU in Sierra Leone — the hospital’s first baby was just born In 2019,...
🗞️ Good News: Fur production has dropped dramatically
Monday, February 16, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... Amazon-owned Ring canceled its partnership with Flock Safety following backlash, walking back its plan to integrate with the controversial law-enforcement technology company. Hundreds gathered to watch New York officials re-raise an LGBTQ+ Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument, days after it was removed at the direction of the Trump administration. U.S. governors canceled a...
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