Good News Headlines 11/25/2024
After a year-long decoding effort with these white dots arranged in five clusters against a black background, a father-daughter duo won the race to decode an extraterrestrial message sent from Mars to test humanity.
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Natural Living Expo Supports Midwife Center For 17 Years
“A huge thank you to board member Carol Bedrosian, whose daughter, Michella, has donated to and provided MMI with exhibit space at the Natural Living Expo free of charge for the past 17 years. This has contributed to our ability to fundraise annually, bringing in an additional $1,600 this year.
Good News Headlines 11/18/2024
Scientists announced their discovery of the largest coral ever documented off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean and celebrated the fact that the massive underwater ecosystem appears to be unharmed by planetary heating—but said the discovery underscores the need to urgently protect marine environments.
Don’t Trash Thanksgiving. Decolonize It
As we enter into this holiday, let’s acknowledge the movement of decolonization and re-education happening in our country. We can observe and celebrate with our families in ways that honor those who the day originally dishonored, and those who continue to struggle under oppression.
Good News Headlines 11/11/2024
Your showerhead and toothbrush are teeming with viruses! But don’t panic – these tiny microbes are the natural enemies of dangerous pathogens and bacteria, and have enormous potential for the development of personalized antibiotics.
Good News Headlines 11/4/2024
Technology expert Dino Ambrosi has made a startling revelation that perfectly underlines the big question of the smartphone era, and shares this one message that can get teens to rethink their screentime.
Good News Headlines 10/28/2024
During his first diplomatic visit to a tribal nation as president on Friday, Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize for the country’s role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of generations of Indigenous children and their ancestors.
Good News Headlines 10/21/2024
More than 4,500 square miles of ocean will soon be protected by the federal government off the Central California coast. The Biden administration is creating a new national marine sanctuary, which will be the third largest in the U.S. The sanctuary is also the first to be led by Indigenous people.
Good News Headlines 10/14/2024
After the Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, the largest convention center in North America, caused 1,000 bird deaths in a single night, a Chicago real estate company shelled out $1.2 million for sophisticated decals that will deter birds from crashing into its glass windows.
What To Do With Your White Guilt
I am grateful that the ancestors have shown me the unpopular truth: Unleashing their tears and reviving their memory might just be the messy, raw, healing balm for the wounds our people sustained and perpetrated so long ago. If we muster the courage to traverse these shadows, who might we become on the other side of all that pain?
Good News Headlines 10/7/2024
A 3-day strike by tens of thousands of dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts, that could have seriously hurt the U.S. economy had it continued, has been called off following a tentative agreement on wages between the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance.
Good News Headlines 9/30/2024
After 7 years of the Fluoride Action Network pursuing legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States District Court of the Northern District of California has now deemed fluoridation an “unreasonable risk” to the health of children, and the EPA will be forced to regulate it as such.
Good News Headlines 9/23/2024
For the first time in decades, national surveys compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show an unprecedented and unexplained decline of as many as 20,000 drug deaths per year nationwide, a huge reversal from recent years when fatal overdoses regularly increased by double-digit percentages.
Good News Headlines 9/16/2024
A young woman’s attempted suicide on a bridge in Nashville was interrupted at the last minute by an unlikely hero. She was halfway there, then “Livin’ on a Prayer” singer Jon Bon Jovi appeared at her side and managed to talk her out of the life-ending decision.
Good News Headlines 9/9/2024
Nearly 5,500 Oregonians have been moved out of homelessness and into housing thanks to persistence from a recently-appointed task force. This amounts to a 28% increase from the previous year, and the number of housing placements is the most seen in a fiscal year since the task force’s inception.
How To Become An Unconsciously Competent Communicator
Anytime we communicate, we are never going to be successful at giving people a pure experience of objective reality — the territory. No matter how well I describe my river to you, my map of the territory will never match your map of the territory.
Good News Headlines 9/2/2024
Buddhist nation Nepal and a drone manufacturer in majority Buddhist China, have signed an agreement to supply Mount Everest’s Buddhist authorities with heavy lift drones that will help clear trash off Everest’s holy slopes.
Beach Clean-ups Are A Triple Win — For Volunteers, For Marine Life, To Model Good Behavior
Next time you’re having a stroll, take a look around – if you see some rubbish on the ground, take it to the nearest bin. Alternatively, join an event near you, either on your local beach or inland at parks or by rivers that all eventually lead to the ocean.
Good News Headlines 8/26/2024
There wasn’t a dry eye among staff at Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium as Magic and his fellow gentoo penguins cried out, mourning the loss of Sphen in an emotional scene never before witnessed by employees.
Good News Headlines 8/19/2024
American billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg has announced that a series of grants worth $600 million will be presented to five historically Black colleges and universities. The donations are being channeled specifically to the universities’ medical colleges.
Good News Headlines 8/12/2024
The Biden-Harris administration has announced the issuance of $2.2 billion in discrimination relief payments to more than 23,000 individuals who were unfairly denied USDA loans for farming operations, as for decades, the federal government and banks discriminated against Black farmers, reported The New York Times.
Good News Headlines 8/6/2024
The felling of the Sycamore Gap tree brought forth an outpouring of emotion last year, with local people and tourists alike left bereft by pictures showing it on its side. But the latest stage of the saga has brought some “astonishing” green shoots of recovery.
Heroes Among Us
I feel such gratitude for the teachers in my life, past and present, wherever I may encounter them. For not all teachers are in classrooms or education venues. In daily life, I learn from friends, as well as strangers, who speak and live their truth in the world.
Good News Headlines 7/29/2024
With its nine brains, the octopus has long been considered the most intelligent creature in the ocean, inspiring bipartisan legislation banning octopus farming, co-authored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, to be introduced in Congress.
Good News Headlines 7/22/2024
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo fulfills her pledge and swims in Seine as cleanup operation makes water quality safe enough to host the Olympics just in time for opening ceremonies this Friday, July 26.
Daily Astrology
May 28, 2026
Today presents multiple challenges as well as fabulous opportunities. The morning transits are rugged. Feelings are extra sensitive to self-imposed pressures. External forces can also set off a sharp response. Be aware of the...
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