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A new study out of MIT confirmed that the Antarctic ozone hole is healing and making a strong recovery — and it’s a direct result of global efforts to reduce ozone-depleting substances.
Two 90-year-old nuns in Chicago have spent the last 40 years advocating for immigrant rights and the dignity of all people
At age 90 and 95, Sisters JoAnn Persch and Pat Murphy have been “peacefully and respectfully” fighting for immigrant rights for over 40 years.
Initially, they took in a mother from Sierra with five children who was seeking asylum. That turned into 17 apartments filled with 17 asylum-seeking families and an established nonprofit to fund their work.
In just the last three years, they’ve housed 25 families, paying rent and utilities for a year, providing food assistance, legal connections, and more. They help migrants claim asylum, making sure it happens within one year of crossing the border, apply for work permits, and more.
Why is this good news? Now faced with new opposition (even for those taking the “right” legal pathways) challenging the sanctuary of churches, stripping immigrants of temporary protected status, and more — especially in cities like Chicago — Persch and Murphy’s work is more critical than ever.
From joining prayer vigils to continuing to provide real-life support to immigrant families, they plan to continue helping as many people as they can for “as long as God gives them the strength.”
Many countries around the world have become significantly more supportive of same-sex relationships
While it’s true that in countries across Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, people still say they “would not want homosexual neighbors” — that’s not true for many, many other parts of the world.
Attitudes toward same-sex relationships are significantly more positive in Western Europe, North America, and South America.
In the United Kingdom, for example, in 1993 one-third of people said they would not want homosexual neighbors. Today, that figure is less than 5%.
The headline on today’s “good progress” graph was a bit of a jump scare — sorry about that! The data really is so encouraging though (despite the U.S. still having a lot more good progress to make), so we had to make sure you knew about it, too.
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