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PEOPLE POWER Lula’s win blocks Trump’s push for a far-right Brazil
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JUSTICE Illinois Erases $1.4 Billion in Medical Debt! Governor JB Pritzker announced that the state's Medical Debt Relief Program has eliminated more than $1.4 billion in medical debt for approximately 694,000 people.
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PEOPLE POWER Do Not Panic, Organise!
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HEALTH Alexandria teen becomes first child in state functionally cured of sickle cell disease
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LGBTQ+ Joyful noise: Trans choruses are offering safe havens for singers across the U.S. Nationwide, choruses centering transgender and nonbinary people are bringing much-needed joy and solidarity to their community and beyond.
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JUSTICE Federal Judge Blocks Flawed Voter Investigations!
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EDUCATION When the UK made teens stay in school one extra year (until age 16) in 1972, people who got that extra year had fewer dementia diagnoses nearly 50 years later. The benefit even held for people with high genetic risk, suggesting schooling itself protects the brain and your genes aren't your destiny.
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WOMEN UK government to give £15m to anti-misogyny fund amid ‘manosphere’ concerns
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JUSTICE Paid parental leave is now required for eligible workers in Allegheny County, the first US county to mandate 12 weeks after a campaign led by nurses.
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ECONOMY Egypt aims to raise the share of renewable energy in its electricity mix to 45 percent by 2028, bringing forward its previous 2030 target, minister announces
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PEOPLE POWER Turnout hits historic high as Israel votes; election committee rejects multiple claims of foul play
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PLANET In Ecuador's Amazon, an Indigenous community is bringing back native plants and has already planted over 200,000 trees and recovered 67 native species in 2 years. 🌳 Women run 7 nurseries to restore disappearing plants and keep ancestral knowledge alive for future generations. 🌺
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ECONOMY A world first basic income trial gave 211 Indigenous people in Peru’s Amazon about £2 a day for two years. Households unable to afford nutritious food fell from 73% to 26%, while 87% took part in rainforest protection, including tree planting and restoring water sources.
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PEOPLE POWER Give them a C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are unionizing
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PEOPLE POWER Thousands of Americans gathered at more than 3,000 No Kings events across all 50 states, bringing communities together to defend voting rights and encourage participation in the upcoming midterm elections.
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PEACE Pope says ‘there is no such thing as a holy war’ in message to religious leaders
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INSPIRATION In Homa Bay, Kenya, a women led factory is making sanitary pads up to 60% cheaper, with packs from 50 shillings. It can produce 200 pads a minute, will donate pads to schools to help girls stay in class and aims to reach 430,000 women while growing from 17 workers to more than 200.
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WOMEN After leaving a violent marriage with her young daughter, a Zimbabwean woman became one of 16 selected from nearly 100 applicants for an all female anti poaching unit. She rose to lead patrols, earned a wildlife conservation degree and now uses ranger data to guide conservation efforts.
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JUSTICE Celebrate Appeals Court for Protecting California Voters - The Ninth Circuit rejected the Trump Justice Department's attempt to stop the state from counting mail-in ballots from approximately 20,000 registered voters whose citizenship the administration questioned.
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 4d ago
CARING What if kindness was a school subject?
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HEALTH 53% decrease in US lung cancer deaths since the 1990s
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ECONOMY Poland’s transformation has been so total that its brain drain is now reversing, and incomes are converging with Western Europe’s
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JUSTICE Etsy to restrict AI-generated content in effort to combat seller slop
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PLANET This South American Nation Pledged to Protect 90% of its Forests - “We understand and accept the immense responsibility of stewarding over 15 million hectares of tropical rainforest in a world that is seeing her forests fall day in and day out,” stated Suriname President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons.
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