Good News Headlines 4/29/15
Supreme Court On The Verge Of Ruling In Favor of Marriage Equality
by Joan Biskupic/Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court's arguments on Tuesday over same-sex marriage will cap more than two decades of litigation and a transformation in public attitudes… Read more
11 Things White People Can Do To Be Real Anti-Racist Allies
by Kali Holloway/Alternet
For many would-be white allies there may be questions about how, precisely, to best engage in the fight against white supremacy… Read more
Court Decision Implies Possible Legal Personhood for Chimps
by Jed Oelbaum, Good Magazine
Two chimpanzees named Hercules and Leo, both unwilling residents of a biomedical lab at Stony Brook University, have been given a chance at freedom—a court decision has granted a writ of habeas corpus to the primates, recognizing them, to an extent, as persons with rights… Read more
Meet 6 of the World’s Top Environmental Heroes
by Cole Mellino, EcoWatch/Alternet
Representing each of the six inhabited continents, these heroes have won the world’s largest award for grassroots environmentalists… Read more
Celebrate Screen-Free Week, May 4-10, 2015!
by Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood/CommonDreams.org
Kids, families, schools, and communities swap digital entertainment for the joys of life beyond the screen this week… Read more
Chipotle Removes All Food Containing GMOs From Its Menu
by Al Jazeera
The Denver-based company is the first major fast-food restaurant chain to ban genetically engineered ingredients… Read more
Denied! Powerful Industry Groups Get Setback in Effort to Keep Consumers in the Dark on GMOs
by Andrea Germanos/Common Dreams
District court upholds constitutionality of Vermont's GMO labeling law; denies injunction sought by industry groups… Read more
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