Every other week, we bring you just good news from U.S. politics and communities to remind you that it’s worth showing up and speaking up for a better, kinder nation. Want proof?
- The Biden-Harris administration addresses the rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia at schools and on college campuses.
- The FCC bans unsolicited AI robocalls.
- The DOJ outlines specific standards that hospitals and clinics must satisfy to meet the accessibility and healthcare needs of disabled patients.
- The American Museum of Natural History closes exhibitions of Native American objects in compliance with federal regulations requiring consent from tribes before displaying or performing research on cultural items.
- The FDA approves the first gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease addressing a “significant unmet need” for treatment.
- A federal court dismisses a challenge to North Dakota’s mail-in voting process.
- An appeals court blocks a motion to stop protections for Wisconsin voters who make small errors in their absentee ballots.
- The Flowing Wells and Tucson, AZ school districts add electric buses to their fleets through a federal grant.
- YouTube begins labeling AI-generated videos, while Instagram and Facebook will label AI-generated images.
- Comcast takes the firsthand experiences of disabled customers into account while developing product accessibility features.
- The Rollettes dance team features dancers with disabilities.
- In cooperation with the NFL, over 63,500 veterans and their family members volunteer as election workers.
- The Rollettes dance team features dancers with disabilities.
- In cooperation with the NFL, over 63,500 veterans and their family members volunteer as election workers.
- Artists and environmentalists creatively repurpose ocean plastics.
- The rates of both murder and manslaughter in the U.S. fell 6.1 percent in 2022 after rising considerably in 2020 and 2021.
- An increase in the number of grazing buffalo found to strengthen the health of prairie environments.
- Thanks to wildlife corridors and conservation efforts, jaguars reappear in the American Southwest.