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Good News Headlines 7/21/15
Bernie Sanders Takes His Populism To The Red States And Draws Huge Crowd
by Zaid Jilani, AlterNet
Sanders' speech in Phoenix on Saturday night brought together an estimated eleven to twelve thousand people – one of the largest political rallies in the city's history… Read more
Prison Sentencing Reform: Bipartisan Efforts Make Headway In Congress
by Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor
President Obama has been calling on Congress to move on reforms, and surprisingly, lawmakers are in step with the president. It even looks like Congress will move ahead of him, with hopes high in both chambers and in both parties that reform legislation will pass by the end of the year… Read more
US Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years. Is Math Education Improving?
by Meredith Hamilton, Christian Science Monitor
Hailed as the “hardest ever” competition by The Guardian, the final score reflects the exhaustive preparatory work done by coaches and students alike. Team USA, led by Carnegie Mellon professor Po-Shen Loh, took the crown for the first time since 1994… Read more
400 Million Animal Lives Were Saved This Past Year Due To Americans Eating Less Meat!
by Lynn Griffith, The Raw Food World
Approximately 93 percent of people still eat meat, however, meat consumption has been on a steady decline in the Unites States since 2007… Read more
Orca Baby Boom: Enough To Save The Endangered Whales?
by Kelsey Warner, Christian Science Monitor
Four newborn orcas have been spotted off the coast of Washington and British Columbia, including one apparently midwifed by other orcas… Read more
Tanya Jisa Paired Her Love Of Fresh Food With A Desire To Help Women Ex-convicts
Benevolence Farm, nestled in pastoral lands west of Durham, N.C., will serve as a transitional living program for just released female ex-convicts… Read more
American Doctor Agrees With British National Health Service Reporting That Non Hospital Birth Is Safer For Low Risk Mothers!
by Lynn Griffith, The Raw Food World
In 2014, Britain’s National Health Service made a public announcement urging women to consider using birth centers or having home births instead of hospital births for low risk pregnancy. The reason backing this decision was safety… Read more
How “Big Data” Can Help Save The Environment
by Willie Shubert, Salon/Scientific American
Journalists, scientists & techies must work to translate data into the knowledge needed to address climate change… Read more
