Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Quebec to ban declawing and other cosmetic animal procedures this summer. – Source
2. House passes a bill to federally decriminalize marijuana. – Source
3. Ukraine gives a medal to a soldier who told a Russian warship to ‘go f**k yourself’. – Source
4. Sacred land returned to Native tribes in Virginia. More than 460 acres of land will be reacquisitioned. – Source
5. All 42 children who were reported missing on a school trip were found. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. N.J.’s last two coal plants are set to close. ‘A world without coal’ is cleaner, safer, Murphy says. – Source
7. A Vancouver Island couple has come up with a creative way to help Ukrainian refugees coming to Canada. The Holowaychuks are converting their 15,000-square-foot resort property into a Ukrainian refugee home, called the Ukrainian Safe Haven. “My personal goal is 100 people,” Brian said. – Source
8. Younger women now earn at least as much as or more than men in 22 metro areas. – Source
9. Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked efforts. – Source
10. EU wants to force fashion firms to make clothes more durable and recyclable. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Wind and solar generated a record 10% of the world’s power in 2021, a report shows. – Source
12. In Laredo, a bus brigade is vaccinating Mexican citizens with COVID-19 shots that Texans aren’t using. – Source
13. ‘David Beats Goliath’: Workers in New York Vote to form Amazon’s first-ever union in the US – “We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because when he was up there, we were signing people up,” said Christian Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union. – Source
14. Most Americans support trans rights — except right-wing media viewers. – Source
15. It’s a girl: A super rare Sumatran rhino born in a captive-breeding center. – Source
