Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Karine Jean-Pierre, an out lesbian, has been named the next White House Press Secretary. Jean-Pierre will be the first out LGBTQ person and the first Black person to hold the office. – Source
2. ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill fails, 4-7. – Source
3. Tasmania now removing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it’s emitting, researchers say. – Source
4. Delta flight attendants will now be paid for working during boarding, due to pressure from customers. – Source
5. Seed-firing drones are planting 40,000 trees every day to fight deforestation. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Remote work doesn’t negatively affect productivity, study suggests. – Source
7. Austin becomes the first Texas city to experiment with ‘guaranteed income’. – Source
8. Canadian astronauts are no longer free to rob and kill with abandon in space or on the moon. – Source
9. River otters, who were largely eradicated from the area due to overhunting, return to the Detroit River for the first time since the early 1900s! – Source
10. Almost 200 open petitions for unions at Starbucks stores. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. TurboTax forced to stop misleading “free, free, free” ads and pay back $141M | 4.4 million taxpayers to get refunds from Intuit in settlement with all 50 states. – Source
12. Greyhound racing is nearing its end in the U.S. – Source
13. Parkinson’s disease symptoms ‘reversed’ by mini-implant, trial suggests. – Source
14. Scientists discover the genetic cause of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. – Source
15. A local family thought they found a lost puppy. It was actually a distressed baby coyote that is now in wildlife rehab. – Source
