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🧠 May is Mental Health Awareness Month! All month long, mental health activists and practitioners work to increase knowledge and end the stigma around mental health — and we can join them. (More below.)
🎉 May is also AAPI Heritage Monthand Jewish American Heritage Month — a time to celebrate the heritage and contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islander community as well as Jewish Americans.
📢 During "May Day" protests on May 1, thousands of people came together in every U.S. state to protest against what organizers called a "billionaire takeover."
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Saguaro National Park is expanding by nearly 50 acres due to a land acquisition
The Trust for Public Land acquired two properties in the foothills of the Tucson Mountains, which will lead to the expansion of Saguaro National Park by 47 acres.
Beyond adding to the national park's protected area, the expansion also improves connectivity between the park and nearby Sweetwater Preserve, boosts the local outdoor industry, and helps make the outdoors even more accessible while preserving the "national treasures" of these public lands for generations to come.
While Saguaro National Park already boasts tens of thousands of acres, this new addition only helps solidify its significance and conservation years into the future.
Why is this good news?Just this past week, the Trump administration was reportedly considering rolling back protections for six national monuments representing over 5 million acres of national public lands. While 50 acres of additional acreage seems like a drop in the bucket compared to that — these additions that prioritize conserving more, not less, land are so important.
Nepal is a global leader in electric vehicle imports — and the shift is cleaning up toxic air pollution
Part of a larger, ambitious goal for electric vehicle sales, last year more than 70% of four-wheeled passenger vehicles imported into Nepal were electric — one of the highest rates in the world.
And there's a new hope emerging as a result of the increasing popularity of EVs, both two- and four-wheeled: reducing chronic air pollution. The city is ranked among the world's most polluted cities, with fine particulate matter regularly 10 to 20 times higher than WHO guidelines.
Air pollution accounted for nearly 19% of deaths in Nepal in 2021. The increasing use of electric vehicles could help clean up that air, bring it within safe, recommended pollution levels — and help people living in the city live for 2.6 more years.
Even better: Almost all of Nepal's electricity is clean, generated by hydropower, and readily available — making the shift to electric vehicles even more impactful.
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A reassuring report shows that rates of advanced cancer diagnoses have returned to pre-pandemic levels
The COVID-19 pandemic forced patients to postpone their usual cancer screenings due to overwhelmed doctors and hospitals. This resulted in an increase in the number of cancers being diagnosed at later stages, when it's harder to treat.
That trend quickly reversed, though, already reverting to pre-pandemic levels by 2021, according to the broadest-yet analysis of the pandemic's impact on U.S. cancer data.
The report also found that cancer death rates continue to decline, and the delay in screening isn't making a huge impact on cancer statistics — making it unlikely that there will be higher cancer death rates tied to the pandemic.
Why is this good news?A valid concern, as certain types of health care were delayed at the start of the pandemic when hospital systems were overloaded, was the impact of those delays on diseases like cancer. It's encouraging to see that these concerns didn't become another heartbreaking outcome on top of the pandemic.
Despite fears a 'millionaire's tax' would drive people out of the state, Massachusetts now has more wealthy residents
In 2022, Massachusetts voters approved a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million or more, which was projected to bring in $1 billion in income for the state — but critics feared it would make wealthy people leave the state.
In fact, the opposite happened: Researchers found the number of people making $1 million or more annually has increased by nearly 40% since it the tax went into effect.
Additionally, the number of ultra-wealthy residents — making at least $50 million or more annually — has also grown, from 1,954 in 2022 to 2,642 in 2024. And the added revenue surpassed projections, generating $2.46 billion in 2023 alone.
Why is this good news?In addition to proving that a tax on extraordinarily wealthy individuals doesn't inevitably lead to "wealth exodus," the additional revenue from the tax is going to "fund essential programs that expand economic opportunity for all," like free school lunches and free community college for state residents.
A new study found that critically endangered axolotyls bred in captivity can survive in the wild
A new study is providing some hope for the conservation of the widely beloved, and critically endangered, axolotls. Researchers released 18 of the amphibians who had been bred in captivity into the wild — and found the animals could survive.
Famous for their permanent smiles, axolotls were once found across several lakes in Mexico City, but their habitat has diminished as humans diverted and drained lakes to prevent flooding. Now, they are only found in canals in a single lake
This groundbreaking research will likely pave the way for more reintroduction projects.
What's the nuance?The researchers acknowledged that the first priority for axolotl conservation is to improve its natural habitat, which is also threatened by years of pollution and degradation, leaving only an estimated 50 to 1,000 still existing in the wild.
A Korean boy band member just became the first active K-pop star to come out as gay.Bain of Just B came out from the stage during a concert in Los Angeles, saying he was "a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community," in a rare public announcement from an active K-pop star, whose behaviors are traditionally tightly controlled by music labels.
GOOOOAL! A new issue of the Goodnewspaper is here: The Sports Edition.
Sports give us something to root for, to hope for, to cheer on. No matter your game of choice, being a fan — or an athlete — provides an outlet to work towards something bigger than ourselves.
When you're done reading The Sports Edition, you'll find yourself a super-fan of sports in general — and itching to get out there and change the game. Play on!
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