The Positive News Thread

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Scotland to ban electric shock dog collars

Dolphins raised in captivity will soon get a new, more natural home

Shelter Pets Help Veterans Transition to Civilian Life

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Ethiopia 'pardons 2,000 prisoners' jailed over Oromo protests

Quebec community rallies for mosque attack hero: 'He sacrificed his legs for us'

Coffee with a Cause

This giant tower is the world’s biggest air purifier

The case for opening more safe injection sites in cities

How to Find Silence: A Map

The National Parks Service points us toward our noisiest, and quietest, places

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I'll bake you a casserole if you mow my lawn: These Neighbors Built Their Own Economy Without Money

Progress for Primates in Research: Animals Released from Cruel Studies

What the Second Women's March Meant to the U.S. and the World

Crowds in the U.S. in 2017 were estimated at 3.5 to 5.5 million.

Meet the Man Bringing Cheap Renewable Energy to His Hometown

Adopted and Returned Six Times, Big Red Never Gave up

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What White People Can Do for Food Justice

Top 5 Recycling Innovations From Around the World

Trump’s power is limited. Here’s how people can use their own power to oppose his actions.

The Defense Department has emerged as an unlikely champion of climate action in Trump's climate-denying administration

3 Reasons Why a Meat Tax Is a Good Idea

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Cape Town water crisis: Scientists Prepare For 'Day Zero' With Conservation Efforts

Is a Nondisclosure Agreement Silencing You From Sharing Your ‘Me Too’ Story? 4 Reasons It Might Be Illegal

Denouncing 'FCC's Dangerous Ruling,' Cuomo Signs Order to Protect Net Neutrality in New York

Fossil Free Fast: A Climate Resistance Game Plan for 2018

Peace Action: Doomsday Clock Should Inspire Action More Than Fear

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We Need Radical Imagination

Benefits of choosing to break an addiction

Trump's Hatred Of Sharks Spikes Donations To Marine Conservation Charities

German anti-Muslim politician reverts to Islam, quits far-right AfD party

EU court rules against sexuality test for asylum-seekers

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Couple donating saved up money for their honeymoon trip to Puerto Ricans:

Chamillionaire Responds To Critics Who Don’t Get Why He Helped Immigrants

This 27-Year-Old Is The Youngest District Judge In Pennsylvania

MSU Students Wear Teal To Show Support For Survivors Of Larry Nassar’s Abuse

She Was The First Woman To Go Public About Nassar. Read Her Statement In Full.

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Octavia Spencer Explains How Jessica Chastain Helped Her Get Fair Pay

Renowned All-Male Harvard Theater Group To Finally Allow Female Performers

Facebook Has You Labeled as Liberal or Conservative. Here's How to See (and Change) It

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Allies Form Human Chain Around Muslims Praying During Travel Ban Protest

We're African Women and We're Feminists

Regulators start to pump the brakes on Facebook And Google’s Surveillance Capitalism Model

Ian McKellen: ‘I’ve Never Met A Gay Person Who Regretted Coming Out’

Israeli Holocaust Survivors Urge Netanyahu to Cancel Plan to Expel African Refugees

"We—who know what it means to be a refugee, to be without a home or a country that would protect and defend us from violence and suffering—cannot understand how a Jewish government can expel refugees and asylum seekers to a journey of pain, suffering, and death."

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FDA Ends Nicotine Addiction Study On Monkeys After 4 Animal Deaths

26 squirrel monkeys will be headed to a sanctuary.

Inside The Extraordinary Fight To Save Cambodia’s Forests

"It’s a bit of a David and Goliath story."

Data Protection Day: It’s time to establish the data protection culture it takes in order to be successful in the digital age (Europol article)

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England Declares War on Plastic Trash

In brilliant news for the environment, Water UK has announced that by 2021 consumers will be able to refill their water bottles free of charge in thousands of shops, cafes, businesses and water fountains in every English town and city.

I Visited the Rohingya Refugee Camps and Here Is What Bangladesh Is Doing Right

As Germany Honors Those Who Fought Fascism, We Must Honor Those Who Fought White Supremacy

Worker Cooperatives Offer Real Alternatives

Utilizing their existing skills and harnessing new ones, groups are leveraging their labor on their own terms, with a vision to change their industries and the economic landscape.

Happiness Secrets From Around The World

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I Just Had The Most Surreal — And Profound — Flight Attendant Experience In My Life (Zach, is that you? )

Jeremy Corbyn Unveils Radical Plan to Help the Homeless: Buy Them Homes (UK)

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This Is What The Entire Universe Looks Like In A Single Image (click to view full size image)



Researchers Have Mapped Out How Plants Sense Our World

Redefining Leather: This Company Uses Mushrooms To Create Sustainable Alternatives In Fashion

Leilani Farm Sanctuary: A haven for animals where compassion reigns

'Super blue blood moon': stargazers prepare for rare celestial event

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Cats actually like people, says new university study

7 Ways to Encourage Your Parents to Be Healthier

6 Mystifying Mysteries That Science Can’t Explain

U2 pay tribute to America’s Dreamers at the foot of the Statue of Liberty in moving Grammy Awards performance

The Real Causes Of Depression Have Been Discovered, And They’re Not What You Think

Childhood trauma caused the risk of adult depression to explode. If you had seven categories of traumatic event as a child, you were 3,100 percent more likely to attempt to commit suicide as an adult, and more than 4,000 percent more likely to be an injecting drug user.

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Here’s A Brilliant Way To Explain Gender Roles And Stereotypes To Kids

Let’s Stop Sexual Harassment and Violence Before They Begin With Comprehensive Sex Ed

Court Rejects Trump Administration Secrecy in Genetically Engineered Salmon Case

Sometimes, White House Staff Have a Legal Duty to Disobey the President

Survivors Against Terror: Victims of attacks by Isis, far-right and IRA join forces to help others

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US to resume refugee admissions from 11 countries Trump deemed 'high risk'

New Jersey’s rejoining RGGI reverses Christie decision, contrasts with Trump climate rollbacks

Eleven Short Stories about Empathy

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Chile Adds Momentous 10 Million Acres Of Parkland With Five New National Parks

How to Spot Human Trafficking in Your Community

First-Ever Evidence That Mosquitoes Can Be Trained

Nosey the Elephant Gets Her Happy Ending: Freedom

Congressman Joe Kennedy will invite transgender soldier to State of the Union

Lawmakers To Bring Sexual Assault Survivors And Activists To State Of The Union

'We Are Not That Country': Rebuking Trump Policies, Judge Orders Immigrant Rights Advocate Freed

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The way people work is changing. That’s why we need a new benefits system

A major retailer is making the UK’s favourite beverage plastic-free

What Communication Scientists Know about Effective Messages

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Rwanda becomes first poor country to provide eye care for all

Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals

Researchers Propose A New Model For Dark Matter

New Wheelys 4 Bike Café Cleans Smoggy Air & Turns Coffee Grounds Into Fertilizer

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When Animals Are at Risk, Special Netherlands Police Force Defends Them

What It’s like to Be the First Buddhist Chaplain at America’s Most Notorious Jail

Los Angeles City Animal Shelters Reach No-Kill Goal for Dogs

Oregon State University is Offering a Permaculture Design Online Course for Free

Thich Nhat Hanh on Healing the Child Within

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UN Report Says Small-Scale Organic Farming Only Way to Feed the World

Ryanair makes pledge to become 'plastic free' on all flights by 2023

This Southern California city is planting thousands of trees to cool itself down

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Canada national anthem to be gender neutral after senate vote

Endangered Crows Released in Hawaii Bring Hope for Recovery

Dubai to build world's largest waste-to-energy plant

Ottawa Creates Protest-Free Buffer Zones Around Abortion Clinics

Stripes of wildflowers across farm fields could cut pesticide spraying

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Iceland elects 41-year-old environmentalist as prime minister

Hong Kong bans ivory trade in 'historic' vote

Hate Groundhogs? These Startling Facts Might Change Your Mind

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San Jose Votes to Remove Christopher Columbus Statue From City Hall

Russia Promises to Stop Killing Stray Dogs Before World Cup 2018

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World leaders unite in $2bn drive to tackle 'global learning crisis'

Host nation Senegal carries torch for Africa at fundraising summit as UK support for 264 million children out of school is questioned

South Africa: more than 950 trapped gold miners brought to surface

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Why Rural America Isn’t a Lost Cause for Progressive Ideas

Scientists Discover Rare Nursery for Baby Hammerhead Sharks

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10 Amazing Facts About Animal Sentience

Free for all: the psychology of pay-what-you-want cafes

Plan to save Europe’s synagogues receives high-profile backing

Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds

The No-Till Gardening Revolution: Why Farmers are Putting Down Their Plows

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How to Mobilize Men Against Sexual Harassment

Seven Ways to Stand Up Against Sexual Harassment

Can Gratitude Help You Recover from a Heart Attack?

There is growing evidence that being grateful may not only bring good feelings—it may also lead to better health.

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How to Use Social Media Wisely and Mindfully

Being Around Nature Helps You Love Your Body

Five Ways to Help Teens Think Beyond Themselves

Why Are So Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma? (Gabor Maté)

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Chile is breaking up with coal too

Facebook users are spending 50 million hours fewer on the social network per day

Swedish fitness trend of 'plogging' is amazingly awesome: Leave it to the Swedes to combine physical fitness with PICKING UP LITTER!

In praise of the slow bike

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