In the pursuit of positive change, it’s crucial to acknowledge and celebrate the victories along the way. Despite the challenges we face, this week’s good news serves as a testament to the power of collective action and the impact of advocacy efforts. From legal triumphs to environmental milestones, each success is a testament to our resilience and commitment to building a better world.
- SCOTUS leaves in place sanctions against attorneys who baselessly challenged the results of the 2020 election.
- The Energy Dept. releases $3.46B in grants for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electrical grid reliability.
- The FCC bans unsolicited AI robocalls.
- 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.
- HUD allocates $73.5M to make housing safer and more climate-resilient for low-income Americans.
- People from Afghanistan were granted about 26,500 Special Immigrant Visas in 2023, more than double the previous year’s total.
- In an effort to atone for unfairly harsh punishments based on race, the Army overturns the century-old convictions of 110 Black soldiers charged with mutiny.
- Michigan repeals their “right to work” law, a policy that hindered collective bargaining by workers.
- A federal court dismisses a challenge to North Dakota’s mail-in voting process.
- The Flowing Wells and Tucson, AZ school districts add electric buses to their fleets through a federal grant.
- A jury finds the NRA liable for financial mismanagement, an outcome that will limit the group’s lobbying efforts against common sense gun control measures.
- Farmworkers at Di Mare tomato farm win labor protections under a new law they worked hard to get passed.
- Shipping companies worldwide collaborate in favor of climate-friendly high-tech sails.
- Comcast takes the firsthand experiences of disabled customers into account while developing product accessibility features.
- In cooperation with the NFL, over 63,500 veterans and their family members volunteer as election workers.
- The rates of both murder and manslaughter in the U.S. fell 6.1 percent in 2022 after rising considerably in 2020 and 2021.
- Instagram personality and Fairfield Civic Center Library’s supervising librarian Mychal Threets collaborates with PBS Kids in a social media series to share the joy of libraries, books, and literacy.
- For the entirety of 2023, no elephant poaching took place in Republic of Congo National Park.
- An increase in the number of grazing buffalo found to strengthen the health of prairie environments.