The Positive News Thread

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How a Successful Hunger Strike Is Leading to a National Movement for Better Education

Jitu Brown, champion of public schools and racial justice, pushes hard against privatizers and big-city Democrats who neglect impoverished schools.

Why Can Only Humans Be Murdered? What About Non-Human Animals?

It's time to change the language we use to discuss the killing of other species.

5 Random Acts of Kindness for Activists to Do Today

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Pope Francis: Indigenous People Should Have Final Say About Their Land

Pueblo, Colorado and Moab, Utah, Just Committed to 100% Renewable Energy

Pueblo, Colorado and Moab, Utah, this week became the 22nd and 23rd cities in the U.S. to commit to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy.

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Firefighters give mouth-to-mouth to revive a CAT after rescuing it from a burning Hong Kong flat

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How Silence Rewires Your Brain to be More Intelligent

Dubai will introduce self-flying taxi drone in July

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Denver Church Gives Sanctuary to Immigrant Mother Facing Deportation

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These Greeting Cards Show Love to Those Affected by Incarceration: Write to Matter

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A reporter’s arrest crystallizes her commitment to cover Standing Rock

An Indoor Greens Garden for COLD climate in February:

JFK on the importance of the press to a free society

Rachel Maddow shares video of President John F. Kennedy in 1962, talking about the value of a free press despite disagreeing with its recent treatment of him after the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Resisting Trump: The Great American Awakening

Old wounds break open. Deep, encrusted wrongs are suddenly visible. The streets flow with anger and solidarity. The past and the future meet.

The news is All Trump, All the Time, but what’s really happening is only minimally about Donald Trump, even though his outrageous actions and bizarre alliances are the trigger.

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Iowa City Sets Aside 1,000 Acres to Save Honeybees

Former Harvard Education Dean: Why College-in-Prison Programs Work

Students invent robotic arm to rescue dog trapped in Turkish well

World's Largest Solar Panel Facade Powers Danish School

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Local taxi driver, Tejinder Pal Singh, inspired by a racist tirade from a passenger, spends his free time and money cooking and handing out free food for the needy.



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Research Debunks Myths About Immigrants and Crime

Sick teen's crowdfunded €723,154 (over $500k) for life-saving US cancer treatment

Mesmerising Winners of the Underwater Photography Awards

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Haven't seen any of them, though...

5 Spiritually Uplifting Documentaries Streaming On Netflix Right Now

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Hundreds Form 'Human Wall' in Mexico to Protest Trump

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Scientists find 60,000 year old life form trapped underground

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Glass sponge reefs thought to be extinct are discovered to be thriving in ocean depths

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San Francisco Bans the Sale of Puppy Mill Dogs

My Friends and I Are Willing to Spend Time in Jail Fighting for Environmental Justice

Learning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe: An Interview With Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy

The Rome of America: What Lies Under Teotihuacan? – The Real City of the Gods

At its peak, around 200 AD, Teotihuacan counted a population of well over 125,000, boasted hundreds of temples and palaces, and three massive pyramids named after the Sun, the Moon, and the Feathered Serpent (itself a symbol of the planet Venus). The ruins of what is often called the Rome of America, Teotihuacan, lie a mere 50 km (31 miles) North-East of modern day Mexico City.

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Woman Hugs Cat No One Would Touch, the Kitty So Happy He Thanks Her with the Sweetest Meow…

Cat Brothers Separated for 2 Years Find Each Other When Their Humans Start Dating...

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For more about/from Charles, visit Gary's thread on his book The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible. The book is also available to read for free on his website (just scroll down a little)!

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Scientists find surprising harmony among cats and dogs in India

"Tigers, leopards, and dholes are doing a delicate dance in these protected areas, and all are manging to survive," said zoologist Ullas Karanth.

Just in case anyone missed it: Earth may have brand new continent 'Zealandia'

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Tofu the Chicken: Shipped Through the Mail, Abandoned at a Post Office, Now Thriving at Sanctuary

We can make a big a difference in the lives of others when we choose to put compassion first.

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Even before sanctuary cities, here’s how black Americans protected fugitive slaves

The Guardians of Rescue: Helping the Pets of the Homeless

Guiding Principles That Will Help Us Protect the Environment for Future Generations

Out of darkness, light: Will the Trumpian nightmare lead to a real “political revolution” after all?

Slavoj Žižek argued Trump would be better for the left than Clinton — and if we survive this, he might be right

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It's World Day of Social Justice!

2017 Theme: "Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work”

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Thousands Rally in NYC to Declare 'I Am A Muslim Too'

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4 Signs That Electric Cars Are About to Make a Splash

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7-Year-Old Is Helping Hungry Kids In A Big Way

7-year-old Kaden Newton realized that local food pantries don't often carry kid-friendly foods and he wanted to help. So Kaden decided start his own non-profit called Mac-and-Cheese and Pancakes to pitch in by collecting his favorite foods for hungry kids. And when you see the difference this young man makes in his community you'll be inspired!

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IKEA Just Released Free Instructions For A Spectacular Sustainable Garden

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I rescued a pup while on patrol today.

CITY BUILDS ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF TINY HOUSES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS TO LIVE IN FOR FREE

Unlocking the Cage (documentary, Wednesday, February 22, 4:00PM ET - HBO EAST)

Directed by Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker, the award-winning filmmakers behind "Don't Look Back" and "The War Room," this feature documentary follows animal-rights activist Steven Wise around the country and into the courtroom for an unprecedented battle that seeks to utilize the writ of habeas corpus - perhaps the single most important legal instrument for safeguarding individual liberties against arbitrary and lawless state actions - to expand legal "personhood" to include certain sentient animals.

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Advertising in India has become a major platform for social change

Indian brands are discovering feminism and gay rights like never before.

Texas has become the unlikely champion of wind energy in America

Lose yourself in these award-winning photos