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🇺🇸 Good news: There are a lot of (good) reasons to feel patriotic
Friday, July 3, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. The Good Good Good offices are closed today in commemoration of Independence Day. The United States is deeply flawed, and so many of you have told us that patriotism feels ... nuanced right now. In place of your usual Goodnewsletter, today’s is filled with genuinely good reasons to *actually* feel a sense of pride and patriotism on America’s 250th birthday (plus a few good tidbits at the end) — and...
🗞️ Good News: Italy’s forests eclipse its farmland
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ☀️ A massive heat dome is projected to stretch from the Midwest to the East Coast over the Fourth of July weekend. Here are some tips to keep safe as record high temperatures that could last several days. 🏛️ The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, ruling that President Donald Trump’s executive order conflicted with the 14th Amendment. 🚀 NASA launched a rocket on a rescue...
🗞️ Good News: Volunteers read to shelter pets during fireworks
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ♿ Today is the start of Disability Pride Month — here is our resource guide on how to celebrate. 🏭 A federal appeals court rejected Trump-backed EPA bid to abandon tough standards for deadly soot pollution. 💉 The Pentagon restored mandatory flu shots for all recruits after a boot camp outbreak left nearly 300 sick. People Doing Good Bradshaw Animal Shelter/Facebook Every Fourth of...
🗞️ Good News: Running nun raises $2.6M
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇻🇪 Search-and-rescue teams from around the world have been arriving in Venezuela to help save people trapped in rubble, two days after back-to-back earthquakes flattened hundreds of buildings and killed at least 920 people. (Gifted link) ❤️ A father and his son were pulled out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building four days after the earthquakes struck Venezuela, giving hope...
🗞️ Good News: French Polynesia protects 30% of waters
Monday, June 29, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🏠 A New York City housing board voted to approve a two-year rent freeze for about one million regulated apartments, delivering on a key promise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. 🌎 Forty mayors from around the world have signed onto a new pact to try to shape how urban data centers are built and operated. 🇳🇴 Norway, one of the first countries to ban smartphones in schools, is now imposing a...
🗞️ Good News: Donation erases $550M in medical debt
Friday, June 26, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🗳️ A federal judge permanently barred the Trump administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. 💰 Breaking 130 years of tradition, the International Olympic Committee announced it set up a £106m fund that would pay a grant of $10,000 to every Olympic athlete six months...
🗞️ Good News: Largest wildlife crossing sees first-ever visitors
Thursday, June 25, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🏠 Congress passed the largest affordable housing bill in decades with overwhelming bipartisan support. President Trump canceled a signing ceremony for the bill, demanding Congress pass a strict voter ID bill before he’d sign it. 🧑⚖️ A district court judge rejected Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s bid to force plaintiffs in a lawsuit over alleged sexual abuse to identify...
🗞️ Good News: US completes largest clean energy project
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📰 A federal judge issued an order blocking immigration agents nationwide from making arrests inside immigration courts. (Gifted link) 🧑⚖️ A federal judge dismissed multiple Justice Department subpoenas to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, calling them “extraordinarily broad.” 🍎 The New York State Legislature passed a one-year moratorium on data centers that would pause permits, require...
🗞️ Good News: Scientists find 3x climate-resilient coral
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🌎 A judge ordered the U.S. Department of Energy to restore $82.1 million in grants for clean energy projects. 🏳️🌈 Nepal’s Supreme Court officially ruled in favour of equal marriage in the country, in a “historic milestone” for LGBTQ+ rights. 💉 U.S. health advisers recommended approval of the first flu vaccine made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19...
🗞️ Good News: People ‘shop non-billionaire Jeffs’
Monday, June 22, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🎤 The Obama Presidential Center officially opened its doors to the public on Juneteenth. At the opening ceremony held the day before, Obama said the center was designed to be “a vibrant, living celebration of community.” 🌊 The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems,...
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