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🗞️ Good News: 3,000 trees honor 9/11 victims
Friday, September 11, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Never Forget... On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani officially established 9/11 as an annual “day of remembrance and service.” A new moment of silence will be added to the 9/11 ceremony this year to remember those who have died from related illnesses in the 25 years since. People doing good Sava Productions Volunteers are planting 3,000...
🗞️ Good News: African countries see incomes double
Thursday, September 10, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💼 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani created a first-of-its-kind office — the Mayor’s Office of Worker Power — to help private-sector workers organize and protect their rights. 🍿 Two of Dolly Parton’s most beloved movies are returning to theaters for a limited time as part of a nationwide fundraiser benefiting the Imagination Library. 🧊 A federal grand jury indicted an ICE...
🗞️ Good News: Volunteers save 3,000 sea turtles
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🏆 Bad Bunny made Emmy Awards history, winning all seven categories his Super Bowl halftime show was nominated for, and becoming the first Spanish-language program to win for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). 🇺🇸 New York City released around 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11 attacks, making critical public health...
🗞️ Good News: 84 metric tons of aid to Nepal
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💽 A federal judge temporarily revoked authorization to build a massive data center on public land near Boulder City, Nevada. 🪧 On Friday, hundreds of Colorado students walked out of school as part of a nationwide protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 💗 Dolly Parton’s estate announced a two-day “Dollyfest” in London and Nashville to celebrate her legacy. Disaster...
🗞️ Good News: Black bears rebound in southern US
Friday, September 4, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Heads up: There will be no Goodnewsletter in your inbox on Monday as our team commemorates the Labor Day holiday. We’ll be back in your inbox with a roundup of good news on Tuesday, September 8! In the headlines... ❤️ Gloria Steinem, the face of the women’s movement and a feminist thought leader for generations, died at the age of 92 — and her legacy in shaping feminism and gender equality continues...
🗞️ Good News: CA makes getting solar easier, cheaper
Thursday, September 3, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🍎 New York City Public Schools, the largest public school system in the country, announced a one-year moratorium on AI use in elementary and middle schools starting this school year. 📹 The Florida Department of Transportation revoked permits for Flock cameras and other license plate readers on state highways, ordering them to be removed within 30 days. 🇺🇳 A UN committee said...
🗞️ Good News: Principal saves 900 from Nepal floods
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇳🇵 GoFundMe launched a hub of verified fundraisers in Nepal as the death toll reaches over 1,000 in the wake of devastating flash floods. 🌎 A new peer-reviewed study suggests that it is possible to demonstrate that “emissions from company X cause injury Y,” making it easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change. 🗺️ After it announced it would not change the name of...
🗞️ Good News: The Ms. Rachel effect is real
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💦 A new law in New Jersey requires data centers to report their water and energy use to state energy regulators every six months as part of a plan to “hold data centers accountable.” 💊 Dolly Parton’s sister revealed that Dolly had asked her medical team to try experimental treatments in the hope that they could help other people in the future. 🥾 At 91 years old, Dale “Grey...
🗞️ Good News: World’s largest-single-day ocean cleanup
Monday, August 31, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🌼 Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields music festival raised $20 million for reproductive rights, $10 million of which came from a matching donation from Melinda French Gates. ✈️ The Nashville airport and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced they will name the airport in Dolly Parton’s honor. Environment Caitlin Blaisdell/Ocean Conservancy More than 1.3M plastic bottles were collected...
🗞️ Good News: Zoo rescues 800 endangered turtles
Friday, August 28, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 👠 A federal judge cited Dolly Parton in his ruling to strike down a Texas law banning drag shows, and suggested to anyone who might be “offended” by them to “just not go.” 📱 More than a decade after launching in Europe, the Dutch company Fairphone is now selling its repairable smartphones in the U.S. Animals Terria Clay/Wildlife Conservation Society The Bronx Zoo has rescued 800...
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