Good News Headlines 2/14/17
This Land Is Your Land: Seattle Symphony Responds To Trump Travel Ban With ‘Music Beyond Borders’
by Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times
At least one quarter of SSO musicians are immigrants, said principal trumpet player David Gordon, and they felt an urgency to respond to President Trump’s executive order… Read More
Monsanto’s Roundup Must Carry Cancer Warning Label, Judge Decrees
by Dr. Joseph Mercola, mercola.com
Fresno County Superior Court Judge Kristi Kapetan recently struck another nail in the company's coffin, striking down Monsanto's attempt to overturn California's 2015 ruling to require Prop 65 warnings on glyphosate… Read More
Company Develops Shipping Pallet That Can Be Transformed Into Sports Equipment For Refugees
from Good News Network
With the backdrop of increasingly negative rhetoric and government policy directed at displaced people, this Brooklyn-based company is working to make sure that refugees — specifically the 51% of whom are children — are afforded the basic human right of the ability to play… Read More
6 New England Patriots Skipping Visit To Trump’s White House
by Gabrielle Levy, US News and World Report
At least six members of the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots say they won’t join the team for the traditional post-championship visit to the White House, with at least half explicitly citing their discomfort with President Donald Trump and his administration… Read More
Cannabis Exerts Powerful Neuroprotective Effects And May Soon Be Used In Stroke And Cardiac Emergencies
by Marco Torres, Prevent Disease
The reason cannabis is so effective medicinally is directly related to its ability to interact with receptors in the body which inhibit inflammation and prevent disease… Read More
Yale Renames Calhoun College Over Namesake’s Ties To Slavery And White Supremacy
by Maquita Peters, WBUR
The vote by the Ivy League’s trustees comes after years of debate and it overturns last April’s decision to keep the name. That decision had fueled campus protests from student activists… Read More
Huge Win For Renewables In Maryland As Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto
by Stefanie Spear, EcoWatch
The renewable portfolio standard (RPS), according to the Maryland Climate Coalition, will result in an additional 250 megawatts of solar energy in the state and more than 1,000 megawatts of additional renewable energy in the region… Read More
Melinda Gates Pledges To Help 120 Million Women Access Birth Control By 2020
by Jillian Kramer, Glamour
Gates’ pledge is even more important today than when she first made it in 2012. As Republicans begin work to repeal the ACA, there’s been a surge of women seeking alternative ways to obtain birth control and a growing fear they'll no longer be able to afford their desired method, such as IUDs… Read More
How Two Cities Are Taking A Major Stand Against The Dakota Access Pipeline
by Andre Grant, Good Magazine
Seattle, Washington, and Davis, California, have both divested their individual assets from Wells Fargo over concerns with the bank’s role as lender to the Dakota Access Pipeline project, NPR reported… Read More
Huge Counter-Protests Overwhelm ‘Defund Planned Parenthood’ Rallies
from Common Dreams
Hundreds of different counter-demonstrations, large, small and in between, were held across the country Saturday – overwhelming the anti-choice rallies… Read More
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