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🗞️ Good News: Detroit sees (another) population boom
Friday, May 23, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. weekend loading... 🎯 This Sunday, May 25th is the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death, and leaders in the Black faith community are hosting a series of peaceful protests outside of Target stores to pressure the retailer to re-establish its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 🇺🇸 Monday is Memorial Day, a U.S. holiday intended to remember and honor military personnel who died in the...
🗞️ Measles vaccines prevent millions of deaths every year
Thursday, May 22, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. 🏳️🌈 Pride Month is for joy, resistance, and good news. Pride 2025 is almost here, and celebrating LGBTQ+ strength, resilience, and joy is more important than ever. But amidst attacks on the community’s basic human rights — celebrating may also feel uniquely challenging. So, we’re thrilled to announce (a bit early) that your upcoming June issue of the Goodnewspaper is The 2025 Pride Edition! It’s filled...
🗞️ Good News: Deforestation in Brazil at new record low
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Up first... 🇬🇧 In the strongest condemnation of their ally yet, Britain, France, and Canada denounced Israel’s military escalation and withholding of aid in Gaza as “egregious actions” that cannot continue, saying they would “take further concrete actions” if it did not stop. 🏀 Beginning this season, the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx and recording artist Bon Iver launched a first-of-its-kind partnership...
🗞️ Trans teacher is reinstated after ‘discriminatory’ firing
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🩸 The FDA approved the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, which could help patients begin the diagnosis process in a less invasive, more accessible way. ⚓️ A tide change and fast current could have played a role in the large Mexican tall ship crashing into New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend, tragically killing two crew members. LGBTQ+ Photo: Courtesy...
🗞️ China’s emissions are down … because of clean energy
Monday, May 19, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🌪️ Tornadoes tore through Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia over the weekend, heartbreakingly taking the lives of 28 people. We’ll be on the lookout for ways to help the people and communities impacted, and will share them as we find them. 🇺🇸 Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, which prompted an outpouring of support and well wishes. 🇺🇦...
🗞️ Former USAID worker connects big donors with aid projects
Friday, May 16, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. good to go... 🍨 Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested at a Senate hearing for protesting the country’s response to the war in Gaza, saying that “Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the U.S.” 🚫 With an executive order, the governor of Illinois became the first in the country to block the federal government from collecting personal...
🗞️ Candidate gets money out of politics and into communities
Thursday, May 15, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. shoot your shot... 🎥 The Cannes Film Festival is underway, and to kick it off, a group of more than 350 actors, directors, and producers signed a letter condemning the killing of the Palestinian protagonist of a documentary premiering at the festival, as well as the silence of the industry. 💉 According to the results of a new clinical trial, a combined COVID-19 and flu shot outperformed existing...
🗞️ ‘Little hearts’ help people get through hard times
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. But first... 🎫 The Biden administration’s ban on so-called “junk fees” just went into effect, and Ticketmaster said it will start displaying the full price of a ticket as soon as people start shopping. 💕 Responding to backlash for her fundraising campaigns for children in Gaza, Ms. Rachel said, “The idea that caring for a group of children in an emergency situation means you don’t care about other...
🗞️ The U.S. gets its first at-home cervical cancer test
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🍼 After two years at a plateau, the U.S. infant mortality rate dropped last year. Experts point to a vaccination campaign against RSV as one potential reason for the decline, as it can be particularly dangerous for infants. ⚖️ After six weeks in a detention center in Louisiana, Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk was released. Ozturk, who was pulled off the street by...
🗞️ A world-first wheelchair for kids changes everything
Monday, May 12, 2025 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. Up first... ✝️ In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, newly elected Pope Leo XIV called for a ceasefire in Gaza, “lasting peace” in Ukraine, and made a general appeal to “the powerful people of the world” for “no more war.” 🐢 A massive crowd-sourced wildlife observation challenge recorded a record-breaking 3.3 million observations from around 103,000 participants — the data informs species...
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