🐰 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his fatherreturned home to Minnesota after a judge ordered their release from a Texas detention center.
🧑⚖️ A federal judge called out ICE and its alleged noncompliance with court orders connected to actions in Minnesota, saying "ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence."
🕊️ On the 100th day milestone of their "Walk for Peace," the Buddhist monks were joined by thousands of Virginians. The group now sets its sights on its final destination: the U.S. Capitol.
Clean energy
A new study found that solar panels last a lot longer than was once believed
Currently, solar panels come with a 25- to 30-year performance promise, and while a manufacturer's warranty might have expired at that point, the panels may still be working extremely well.
A new analysis out of Switzerland looked at six solar arrays that have been running since between 1987 and 1993 and found that most of the panels were still producing more than 80% of their power — even after three decades.
The analysts looked at the "performance loss rate" of the panels, and found that the average annual loss was about a quarter of a percent — significantly lower than what's been cited in previous studies.
What's the nuance? The researchers found that temperature had a lot to do with how the performance of the panels fared over time, with those installed at lower altitudes facing higher temperatures, and they tended to degrade faster.
Even this knowledge is good news, though, as it helps us better, more strategically plan solar installations around the world.
Cyclists around the world participated in memorial rides for Alex Pretti, who was also an avid cyclist
A Minneapolis cycling community, of which Alex Pretti was a part of, organized a memorial ride in his honor — and thousands of local cyclists joined. It was one of more than 200 memorial rides organized worldwide.
The ride began at a local park, where organizers handed out yellow safety vests that said "peaceful observer, don't shoot" on the back to "send a message" and let people know "that what the rhetoric they're hearing that 'we're domestic terrorists.' We're not. We have a very peaceful message to protect our own neighbors."
The cyclists rode past the memorials of Pretti and Renee Good, and ended at the VA hospital where Pretti had worked as ICU nurse.
Why is this good news? People in Minneapolis and around the country continue to challenge the narrative that they are violent agitators, and large, nonviolent, public displays of care and solidarity like this — in response to an act of violence from federal officials — futher that message, and bring people together.
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Sports
Courtesy of Jacquie Pierri
A player on Italy's Olympic women's hockey team is also a climate scientist — and is using her platform to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change
Jacquie Pierri is a climate scientist with a master's degree in sustainable engineering. She's also competing in this year's Olympic Games on Italy's women's hockey team — a sport whose arenas are no friend to the climate crisis.
The refrigeration systems needed to keep ice rinks both cold enough to not melt the ice and warm enough to be comfortable for spectators do a lot of environmental damage.
So, while she's competing on the sport's biggest stage, Pierri will also be raising awareness about the impacts of climate change alongside a coalition of her peers called EcoAthletes.
Why is this good news? Athletes have incredible influence and have long lent their voices and platforms to important causes — but as EcoAthletes shares, climate hasn't really been one of them. Pierri and EcoAthletes have the opportunity to change that.
After all, there's no hockey on a planet that can't sustain it.
U.S. forests are storing more carbon than they have in decades
A new analysis shows that for the past two decades, U.S. forests have been absorbing carbon dioxide at a historic rate, increasing storage by about 66 million metric tons per year from 2005 to 2022.
Rather than being driven by a single cause, a mix of shifting climate conditions and human decisions about forest management helped contribute to the increase.
One of the most significant factors, though, was forest age: as forests got older, they entered peak growth stages and stored enormous amounts of carbon.
Why is this good news? Forests are critical climate partners because both trees and soil store carbon that would otherwise be in the atmosphere, acting as "passive" carbon sinks and absorbing more carbon than they release without intervention. This new data will help the U.S., and likely other countries around the world, make decisions about forest management and conservation.
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University students in California have made 300,000 Wikipedia edits to preserve LGBTQ+ history
Amid ongoing efforts to erase LGBTQ+ history from the Trump administration, students at the University of California Berkeley are fighting to preserve it.
For the past decade, students in Professor María Rodríguez's classes covering ethnic studies, gender and women's studies, and performance studies have edited and created Wikipedia articles about LGBTQ+ history, with a focus on queer and trans people of color.
In partnership with Wiki Education, the students have contributed over 300,000 edits and 3,000 citations to Wikipedia, and garnered more than 96 million views.
Why is this good news?There have long been attempts to erase or dampen the contributions of LGBTQ+ people in history, and this effort addresses the disparities in what information is available about who, especially when it comes to white LGBTQ+ populations and LGBTQ+ people of color.
Everyone deserves safety, acceptance, and access to their basic needs in the place they call home. But, time and time again, systemic injustice keeps so many from those basic rights of shelter, belonging, and even citizenship.
The Home Edition of The Goodnewspaper is a place to explore the solutions to some of the greatest challenges of the moment: Housing, affordability, and migration. It's also a place to examine what it means to feel like we belong, to have dignity and comfort, and to build a home for ourselves and our families in a way that is sustainable and intentional.
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