Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act allocating billions to National Parks and public lands. – Source
2. The Vatican urged Catholics on Thursday to disinvest from the armaments and fossil fuel industries and to closely monitor companies in sectors such as mining to check if they are damaging the environment. – Source
3. New Jersey becomes first state to require schools to include climate change in their curriculum. – Source
4. A 9-year-old and her friends have raised nearly $100,000 selling bracelets to help black-owned businesses. – Source
5. The teacher celebrates with a teen who graduates alone, works to get him a car. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Free internet access is being offered for six months to help some disadvantaged youngsters study online. – Source
7. ‘Major breakthrough’. Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis, severe allergies, and asthma, is the first drug that has shown to save lives, i.e. a steroid that reduces deaths for most severe Covid-19 cases. – Source
8. A Florida man punched an alligator in the face to save his dog from being attacked. – Source
9. “The Dad Gang” on a mission to change views of black fatherhood. – Source
10. Morocco sends 8 million masks to 15 African countries. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. U.S. Supreme Court rules LGBTQ+ workers protected from job discrimination. – Source
12. Malala Yousafzai finishes Oxford University, says now is time for ‘Netflix, reading and sleep’. – Source
13. Diego the tortoise, father to hundreds and savior of his species, finally retires. – Source
14. 60 percent of fathers feel closer to their kids due to lockdown measures. – Source
15. Colorado’s Progressive Governor and Legislature just ended qualified immunity for police officers. – Source
