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🤝 After pressure from both political parties, President Trump abandoned his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, which was intended to compensate people who claimed to have been targeted by the “weaponization” of President Joe Biden’s government.

🇫🇷 Two hundred years after France abolished slavery, the French Parliamnet official repealed an archaic “Black Code” that had quietly endured from the reign of King Louis XIV.

🇭🇺 To curb autocracy, Hungary introduced a constitutional amendment that would limit prime ministers to a maximum of eight years in office.

Homelessness

A new report shows homelessness decreased in California and all across the U.S. last year

Despite the Trump administration’s claims that current policies to address and decrease homelessness aren’t working and need an overhaul, the number of people experiencing homelessness actually decreased nationwide in 2025.

It was the first decrease in homelessness since 2016, with an overall 3.3% drop in homelessness overall in the U.S., and states like California, Illinois, Florida, and New York also saw significant declines.

While the administration attributed the decline to immigration and housing policy shifts, experts quickly pointed out that this progress was due to policies still in place from the Biden administration.

What’s the nuance? The report is based on a single point-in-time count that can be flawed in depicting real-life data around homelessness. Experts acknowledged the progress, saying it reflected “targeted housing and service resources that were available in 2024 to rehouse people,” but a lot of those resources are now at risk.

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More Good News

​An innovative backpack is protecting farmworkers from extreme heat, and it only costs $20. Created by a nurse and professor, the idea behind the backpack was borrowed from the military and is now being tested in North Carolina’s scorching fields.

​Thanks to police reform, a New Jersey city experienced its first “homicide-free summer” in 50 years. Community and activist groups, as well as local media, played a major role in better policing by the Camden County Police Department.

​In Australia, two Aboriginal divers faced jail time for harvesting sea urchins — now they’re leading a new coastal restoration project. The Walbunja divers are part of a $1.48 million initiative that supports Aboriginal practices.

​The UK’s clean energy industry has led to more than a million jobs, higher wages, and nearly half a trillion pounds worth of investments. Analytics experts said the new data is further proof that clean energy leads to economic growth.

​Northern Ireland launched a 100-year plan to save its ancient Celtic rainforest. The first batch of saplings was planted in February and March, with more to come.

​A groundbreaking genomic test could spare breast cancer patients from going through chemotherapy. Scientists developed a genomic test that can spot who needs chemotherapy and who doesn’t, enabling doctors to determine which patients can safely skip it and paving the way for a new era of personalised medicine.

Animals

This man went viral online after he calmly let a bee sting him and ‘unwind’ its stinger: ‘I had no idea they could survive this’

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people doing good

An Irish student won a prestigious award for her biodegradable plastic

Arya Satheesh, an 18-year-old student from Ireland, recently worked with researchers at University College Dublin and Atlantic Technological University Letterkenny to develop a new type of biodegradable plastic.

The invention, called “EcoPurge,” doesn’t just replace existing plastics — it also removes existing microplastics from the environment. And it just earned her a winning spot in The Earth Prize 2026.

By winning the global science competition, Satheesh was granted $12,500 of prize funding, which will go towards creating real-world products like packaging and compost bags. She hopes it becomes “a scalable solution that makes a real difference.”

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More Good bits

🇺🇸 Domestic workers have been fighting for their rights since 1776.

🥋Girls in Beirut are learning to love themselves — and Brazilian jiu jitsu.

🚬 The Dutch are trading cigarette butts for buttery pancakes.

🏠 Democrats and Republicans found climate common ground for once.

🌽 Regenerative farmers are saving the Corn Belt.

🐌 Saving an at-risk snail is a family affair.

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