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🗞️ Good News: Local bootmaker gives firefighters free gear
Friday, August 7, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💉 The U.S. approved the first-ever mRNA vaccine for the flu. Made by Moderna and intended for older adults, it uses the same technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. 🏳️⚧️ Michigan nominated Joanna Whaley, a former megachurch pastor who endured years of conversion practices, to become the first transgender member of the state legislature. Businesses doing good JK...
🗞️ Good News: Basketball courts are a climate solution
Thursday, August 6, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🍎 The first 2,000 children were officially enrolled in New York City’s inaugural free 2-K class. 📰 Amid growing public backlash, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on data center approvals until audits are completed by state regulatory agencies. 🤖 More than 1,000 employees at the biggest AI companies wrote an open letter urging the U.S. government to slow the pace of AI...
🗞️ Good News: Leo DiCaprio wants to save 100 species
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💸 GoFundMe created a hub to help people affected by the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, which have forced more than 65,000 people to evacuate. 🔥 All 14 people who were unaccounted for in the Spokane fires have officially been located, and there have been zero deaths so far. 🇺🇸 New Jersey announced that it has effectively eliminated veteran homelessness through rapid rehousing,...
🗞️ Good News: NYC builds 50K affordable homes
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🤖 To help reduce low-quality, AI-generated content on the platform, LinkedIn added a new button for users to report “AI slop.” 📦 Food delivery workers in New York City earned an additional $104 million in tips after the city started enforcing a law to crack down on “deceptive” tipping practices from delivery apps. 🚀 More than 100 ex-NASA astronauts have launched a new “Astronauts...
🗞️ Good News: China plants 66 billion trees
Monday, August 3, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 😷 Uganda’s health minister declared the country Ebola-free following its latest outbreak that infected 20 people and killed two of them. ⚽️ A ball used in the 2026 World Cup final and a shirt worn by Jimin of BTS during the halftime show sold for $110,000 each in an auction benefiting the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. 🎓 After Howard University unenrolled hundreds of students...
🗞️ Good News: EU sets solar energy record
Friday, July 31, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🎸 Legendary Irish musician Glen Hansard died this week at 56 years old, and beyond his talent, he’s being remembered for his tireless advocacy for people experiencing homelessness. 🌳 Activists are defending a century-old tree in Lochiel, Arizona that is slated for removal for the Trump administration’s planned border wall route. 🐳 The first six beluga whales were relocated from a...
🗞️ Good News: 108 tattoos for 108 sharks
Thursday, July 30, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇬🇷 UNESCO announced that Mount Olympus, Greece’s highest mountain, will now be protected as a world heritage site. 📈 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz banned state workers from betting with private government info on prediction markets. 🏆 “Back to the Future” star Michael J. Fox is set to receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards in September. Fox is also...
🗞️ Good News: ‘Middle-Earth’ adds 5 marine reserves
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🩺 So far in 2026, seven states have restricted the use of AI in health insurance companies’ medical authorization decisions. 💊 After more than 21 years without local access, a Planned Parenthood clinic in southwest Missouri began providing abortion care, along with expanding pain management for IUD placements and biopsies. 🦆 Bill Oddie, legendary BBC wildlife presenter and...
🗞️ Good News: Japan supercharges battery recycling
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🔥 The European Union has dispatched planes and firefighters to help fight wildfires raging in France and Spain, which have triggered one of the largest evacuation operations in Europe, displacing more than 300,000 people. 🛒 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the pricing structure at the new city-owned grocery stores, which includes cutting prices by 30% on a core basket of...
🗞️ Good News: Citizen scientists achieve major milestone
Monday, July 27, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💵 A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had acted illegally last summer when it cut millions in federal grant money, saying it couldn’t cancel grants to achieve priorities that were announced after the grants had been awarded. ⛪️ A Texas nun who was taken into immigration custody while walking to Mass spoke out for the first time about her arrest. 🏳️⚧️ The judge in the...
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