Good News Headlines 7/24/2023
Detailed analysis finds that the Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage leading to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones.
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Vermont Flood Destroys Road To Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary
One week ago today, I drove two miles from Sage Mountain to attend a town meeting, not realizing it would be the last time I would drive down our road for the foreseeable future.
Good News Headlines 7/17/2023
"Groundbreaking," "monumental," and "transformative" were just a few of the words rights advocates used to describe the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's long-awaited approval of over-the-counter use of Opill, a birth control pill.
If Humans Went Extinct, What Would Earth Look Like One Year Later?
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if everyone suddenly disappeared? Although it’s a common theme in movies, TV shows and books, the end of humanity is still a strange thing to think about.
New Charleston Museum Nods To Historical Roots Of US Health Disparities
The galleries span centuries of trauma and triumph. But what sets this museum apart from other sites dedicated to Black history is its location. It is built on Gadsden’s Wharf— where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans first stepped foot in America.
Good News Headlines 7/10/2023
The Blackfeet Nation set dozens of wild bison loose on tribal land last week, in a historic move to restore a free-ranging herd at a time when the last remaining American buffalo are typically kept enclosed.
California Offers Bipartisan Road Map For Protecting Kids Online Even As Big Tech Fights Back
In California, a Democrat and a Republican figured out how to pass the country’s toughest online privacy law protecting kids. If their experience is any indication, federal legislators can expect fierce pushback from Big Tech.
Good News Headlines 7/3/2023
The Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act has passed in California. It prohibits any person or public agency from importing, exporting, removing, owning, buying or selling western Joshua trees or any of their parts.
Good News Headlines 6/26/2023
Huynh Tieu Huong, whom national media has dubbed ‘Mother Teresa of Vietnam,’ overcame decades of homelessness to help hundreds of orphans and now runs a non-profit organization dedicated to the adoption, support, and free offering of loving kindness to foundlings, orphans, and homeless children.
Approaching The Infopocalypse
The incentive for siloed social networks to monetize attention has empowered a new kind of distributed propaganda crafted to fit niche audiences living in their own reality. Without institutions and practices that can establish and preserve the credibility of information, there is no solid ground for democratic discourse.
EU Approves Draft Law To Regulate AI – Here’s How It Will Work
The European Parliament voted to approve its own draft proposal for the AI Act, a piece of legislation two years in the making, with the ambition of shaping global standards in the regulation of AI.
Inside Science Fiction’s Compassionate Revolution
The science fiction and fantasy genre, which concerns itself so frequently with distant stars and imaginary lands, has become a space in which the prominence of women, people of color, and LGBTQ people most closely mirrors real-world America.
Good News Headlines 6/19/2023
Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could come to a shuddering halt as a plastics treaty agreed to this month by the world’s governments could cut production by 80% by 2040.
Why This Year’s Summer Solstice Matters So Much For A New Religious Movement Mired In Controversy
As the community gathers, it will be a time of reckoning with the past. In light of recent crises, attendance at the event may well indicate whether the community still retains a wide enough base to support it.
Choking On Smoke? There Are Very Specific People To Blame
I’m writing this from my smoky apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Looking out my window, the sky is orange. It smells like an ashtray. Even though I’ve been staying indoors, my eyes are red, I have a headache, and my lungs are sore.
Good News Headlines 6/12/2023
Filmmaker and cultural anthropologist Gail Myers discusses the making of her documentary, Rhythms of the Land, which preserves the untold stories of Black farmers, the oppressive history of sharecropping, and the power of seed saving.
How AI Could Take Over Elections – And Undermine Democracy
While platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube use forms of AI to get users to spend more time on their sites, Clogger’s AI would have a different objective: to change people’s voting behavior.
Good News Headlines 6/5/2023
A unique opportunity for a fixer-upper is coming by way of the US General Services Administration (GSA)—6 historic American lighthouses. Going up this year via public auction, the federal government has a unique way of ensuring lighthouses retain their historic status.
Guns Are The Biggest Public Health Threat Kids Face. Why Aren’t They Getting The Message?
Today’s public service announcements on gun safety feel somewhat sanitized. None really captures the horrifying physical and emotional damage caused by guns.
Study Shows Completion Of The Massachusetts Central Rail Trail System Would Bring Significant Health And Economic Benefits To The Commonwealth
A study initiated by the Norwottuck Network to assess the benefits of the completion of the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail (MCRT) system predicts that general health and wellness would improve.
Good News Headlines 5/29/2023
From the majestic whooping crane to the smallest songbird, an iconic American landmark in Missouri is making the skies safer for spring migrating birds who follow the Mississippi River to reach their summer nesting grounds.
ChatGPT And Other Generative AI Could Foster Science Denial And Misunderstanding – Here’s How You Can Be On Alert
Although it has the potential for enhancing productivity, generative AI has been shown to have some major faults. It can produce misinformation. It can create “hallucinations” – a benign term for making things up.
Good News Headlines 5/22/2023
The Colorado General Assembly has passed unprecedented and groundbreaking legislation known as The Colorado Wild Horse Project, a new law that adds state protections for the rights of mustangs and burros.
Good News Headlines 5/15/2023
Chief Standing Bear, whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law, is on a new postage stamp. The U.S. Postal Service released a Forever stamp on Friday honoring the Ponca tribe chief.
From Farmworkers To Land Healers
On most days, Sandra de Leon prunes grapevines in Northern California’s wealthiest vineyards. But today she is dressed head to toe in a yellow fire-resistant suit, helmet, safety goggles, and gloves, carrying a machete and drip torch.
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October 16, 2025
Overnight the waning Leo Moon embarks on a lengthy void of course period. The relaxed and somewhat unfocused mood lends itself to creative projects. If possible, follow the fancies of your heart. During the early...
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