Good News Headlines 11/20/18
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants To Replace Columbus Day With Holiday For Election Day
by Jessica Kwong, Newsweek
Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday proposed getting rid of Columbus Day as a holiday and replacing it with a day off for Election Day… Read More
Arlington Brothers Outfitting The World In Blue Socks To Save A Colorful Bird
by Joan Goodchild, Baystate Parent
For the last year, Will Gladstone has jumped feet first into his passion for saving a bird. Blue feet first, that is… Read More
Bristol, England, Aims For Carbon Neutrality By 2030
by Sami Grover, Treehugger
Of course, reaching such a target for an entire city in just over eleven years is an exceedingly tall order… Read More
Kristine E. Guillaume Elected 1st Black Woman President In Harvard Student Newspaper’s 145-Year History
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, Good Black News
Guillaume, a joint African American Studies and History and Literature concentrator, is currently one of The Crimson’s Central Administration reporters… Read More
Banned CNN Reporter Is Back At The White House In A Major Victory For Freedom Of The Press
by Leo Shvedsky, Upworthy
Instead of reporting the news, Acosta himself became an international story after President Trump ordered the White House to revoke Acosta’s press credentials after the CNN reporter got into a verbal confrontation with Trump during the president’s news conference after the 2018 midterm elections… Read More
Writers Of Color Sweep National Book Awards
by Sameer Rao, COLORLINES
Here are the authors, poets and translators whose books and collections won one of the United States' most prestigious literary prizes… Read More
Massachusetts Makes History As First Legal Marijuana Shops On East Coast Open Tuesday
by Daniella Silva and Ezra Kaplan, NBC News
Medical marijuana facilities Cultivate Holdings, in Leicester, and New England Treatment Access (NETA), in Northampton, opened their doors at 8 a.m. to kick off the state's first legal recreational marijuana sales to people over the age of 21… Read More
Africa’s ‘Homegrown Philanthropy’ Is Rising, Creating Self-Sufficiency For A New Generation
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
This episode of a BBC radio documentary series, Africa’s Big Philanthropy, highlights how many of the more fortunate members of the world’s fastest growing economies are not forgetting their often disadvantageous roots, returning to support education and healthcare, with sometimes breathtaking sums of capital… Read More
How Bay Area Restaurants, Chefs, And Bars Are Helping Camp Fire Victims
by Janelle Bitker, Eater San Francisco
Some Bay Area chefs, restaurants, bars, and businesses have quickly sprung into action, with some making it a little easier for you to help as well… Read More
How A Dog Could Stop The Global Spread Of Malaria
by Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR
At a scientific conference on Monday, British entomologist Steve Lindsay presented preliminary evidence that dogs can detect whether a person is carrying the malaria parasite in their blood by just sniffing their odor — or more specifically, sniffing a small piece of their sock… Read More
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