Politics & Government Good News

In 2019, a new marker was erected at the site where Till’s body was recovered. It was the fourth replacement at the location.

Poverty is a major source of crime. Bad housing, bad schools, bad infrastructure, including the “poverty of access.” Most criminality is of want—because of lack of income, food, and other necessities. If you end poverty, you end most crime.

The climate activists have been trying to get the names and details of Afghan campaigners and their families onto evacuation lists, but eight days after their first calls for help, there has been no response.

Today’s age-16 suffrage movement has interesting parallels with the successful 26th Amendment campaign. Many of the original arguments against allowing 18-year-olds to vote — that they’re too immature — are wielded today to stymie efforts to lower the voting age.

Here at Good Good Good, we know that sometimes the littlest efforts add up to effect big change. These apps offer simple, quick, and convenient ways to take action in your everyday life.

Your elected representatives are here to serve you and your community's interests. Reaching out to them is one major way to make change in the United States.

Corporations do make an enormous impact on the climate, and they bear a major responsibility, AND our personal habits impact the environment, too, so we should seek out ways to reduce our environmental impact by altering our lifestyles.

2020 was one for the history books. In a year full of surprises, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the challenges 2020 brought. At Good Good Good, we never want to avoid the reality of the world’s greatest pains. Instead, we look for hopeful stories happening right within them.

Policy matters because policy affects people in very real ways. Civil engagement, activism, and voting all play a role in helping policy better serve people. Here are five good news stories about new policy changes around the world...

Swiss parliament votes for "self-ID" for transgender people and same-sex marriage, which is likely to face a referendum.

Better representation among our elected officials matters because it means the makeup of those key decision-makers more closely resembles the varying and diverse perspectives of the people they represent.

Recent news reports indicate that the Canadian government is mulling over introducing a budget that would focus on new indicators of progress like happiness and well-being.