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🗞️ Good News: An unprecedented decline in overdose deaths

Thursday, September 19, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with but first... Dancing with the Stars is back, and we’re not picking favorites... but it does mean Team USA women’s rugby player (... and Olympic bronze medalist... and women’s sports advocate) Ilona Maher is serving up all the content. On that note, a Paralympic and Olympic gold medal husband-and-wife duo are lending their platform to that voter registration campaign we told you...
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🗞️ Good News: The first mpox vaccine is approved

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with Today’s Top Good News Story Photo: Moses Sawasawa / AP Photo The World Health Organization just approved the first mpox vaccine for adults Helping ramp up disease response, the World Health Organization just gave authorization for the first mpox vaccine to be used in adults. It’s also working on an “access and allocation” method to respond to outbreaks and get the limited vaccines...
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🗞️ Good News: Springfield rallies to support a Haitian restaurant

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with voting is good news... Today is National Voter Registration Day in the U.S.! If you haven’t already, check your voter registration to make sure you’re registered and that all your information is accurate. Steph Curry, Olivia Rodrigo, and others just kicked off a new voter registration campaign to use their influence for good… good civic engagement, that is. Today’s Top Good News...
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🗞️ Good News: Scientists create nutrient-rich protein from thin air

Monday, September 16, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with and the Emmy goes to... “The Bear” took home a record 11 awards, with Liza Colón-Zayas making history as the first Latina to win the Emmy for supporting actress in a comedy series. (That’s how you kick off Hispanic Heritage Month!) And with 18 wins, “Shogun” set a new record for most wins by a single show during any awards season — it’s also the first best drama Emmy winner in which...
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🗞️ Good News: A wind-powered cargo ship crossed the Atlantic

Friday, September 13, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with to the weekend! Typically awareness months start on the first day of the month, but Hispanic Heritage Month starts Sunday! (More on that below.) Sounds like this was a particularly long week for a lot of us... try to work in some (non-cliché) self-care time this weekend. Today’s Top Good News Story Photo: Ronan Gladu/TOWT The world’s largest wind-powered cargo ship just made its first...
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🗞️ Good News: New protection against all COVID-19 variants

Thursday, September 12, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with but first... Yesterday, Hurricane Francine made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in Louisiana — intensifying from a Category 1 just before hitting the Gulf Coast. We’re on the lookout for stories of hope and helpers (like Megan Thee Stallion did after Hurricane Beryl in July) — we do know that the infamous Cajun Navy is waiting in the wings to help. Today’s Top Good News Story...
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🗞️ Good News: A marine sanctuary protects 100+ miles of coastline

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with heroes and helpers... On the anniversary of 9/11, we’d love to re-share the inspiring words of John Feal, a 9/11 first responder who now advocates to ensure healthcare and support for victims and first responders. Comedian and advocate Jon Stewart is also not giving up the fight until the health of every last person impacted by 9/11 is taken care of. Today’s Top Good News Story...
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🗞️ Good News: Finland builds the world’s largest heat pump

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with save a life... Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, and this year’s theme is “Changing the Narrative on Suicide” — with a call to action for all of us to “Start the Conversation” to reduce stigma and encourage open dialogue to prevent suicides. And the data shows it really does help: Our friends at Crisis Text Line found that asking hard, vulnerable questions can open the door to a...
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🗞️ Good News: A historic comeback for gray wolves

Monday, September 9, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with More Good News After announcing her retirement last week, pro women’s soccer player Alex Morgan’s final game on Sunday became the first women’s sports event ever to be shown across multiple outlets at the same time in the U.S. It was a poetic sendoff since Morgan has long advocated for equality in women’s sports, including in broadcasting (that growing movement is alive and well)....
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🗞️ Good News: The world’s biggest battery comes to Maine

Friday, September 6, 2024 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Together with Today’s Top Good News Story Photo: David Degner/Getty Images The world’s biggest battery is coming to Maine, and it uses a novel lithium-alternative system An energy company just released plans to open the largest battery in the world in Maine, with capacity to store 8,500 megawatt-hours of energy once it is completed. That’s about 130 million times as much energy as a laptop computer...

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