Toward a World that Works for Everyone
A California-Based Program Provides Newly-Released Long-Term Prisoners with a Chance at a New Life Isabella Garcia, Yes! Magazine, Feb. 6, 2020 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/02/06/citizens-reentry-prison/ After serving 24 years in prison, Pamela Thompson was freed with no money, no cellphone, and no awareness of how to navigate the new world she’d just been released into. Without the necessary […]
When a homeless couple moved in with a millionaire After living on California’s streets for a decade, Greg and Marie received a remarkable invitation. A local businessman asked if they wanted to share his $4m home. A year later, we reveal what happened next – and what the experiment tells us about America’s homelessness […]
Associated Press, Feb. 7, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/tblr886 The spaceflyer spent nearly 11 months in orbit, setting a new record for longest spaceflight by a woman. MOSCOW — NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent nearly 11 months in orbit on the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday along with two of […]
I didn’t watch the Super Bowl. To be honest I don’t think I’ve ever watched the Super Bowl. But this morning looking at the GoodNewsNetwork Morning Jolt of Good News, giggling my way through a post called, “13 of the Best Super Bowl Ads, In Case You Missed Them,” I came across this: Katie […]
Pope Francis Turned a Roman Palace Into a Homeless Shelter The religious leader is a staunch advocate for people living in extreme poverty. Brandon Wiggins, Global Citizen, Feb. 4, 2020 https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/pope-francis-turned-palace-into-homeless-shelter/ A 19th century palace next to the Vatican has been converted into a shelter for people living in poverty and experiencing homeless at the […]
From 2019. Family Farms Use ‘Crop Mobsters’ to Prevent More Than 1 Million Servings Of Food From Going To Waste Michael Goonan, Good News Network, Jul 15, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/wfrs5ob Although 96% of the 2 million farms in the United States are family-owned, the top 5% of farms, mostly run by large corporations, make 75% of […]
Revised Farm Payments Will Let UK Farmers Serve the Environment and Public Good Andy Corbley, Good News Network, Jan 25, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/qv8rkty As the UK prepares to leave the European Union, an ambitious new piece of agricultural legislation presented in Parliament last week is set to unleash an “agricultural revolution” that aims to restore forests […]
It was the end of November. I was back from the hospital with railway tracks up my chest and down my leg, feeling unattractive and forlorn. And Christmas was coming. Thinking of that and how most people would be caught up in family celebrations, I was feeling alone, lonely, and dismayed. I asked for his […]
This is a translation of a large portion of a Youtube video (see below) from an unknown Wuhan man aged between 20 and 30. He says he desperately wants to get the word out that Chinese youth such as himself see life as it allegedly is. Neither he nor his friends are brainwashed, he says. […]
Abbotsford churchgoer starts free mobile shower trailer Emma Prestwich, Broadview, January 24, 2020 https://broadview.org/abbotsford-mobile-shower-trailer/ Henry Penner says the service has been used more than 600 times since last May. For the past several months, those who are homeless or just in need of a hot shower in one Vancouver-area city have been able to snag […]
By Alanna Ketler, January 22, 2020, Conscious Evolution https://www.collective-evolution.com/2020/01/22/finlands-prime-minister-calls-for-a-4-day-workweek-to-increase-productivity-allow-for-more-family-time/ Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin has recently proposed the idea of creating a more flexible working schedule for the citizens of her country. Marin is the second youngest country leader in the world and her views couldn’t be more refreshing. She shared her ideas on […]
I was deeply moved by watching Martin Luther King deliver his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech. I found myself immersed in inner work in response to it – in between my tears from being moved. Aided by the buoyancy I felt from listening, at that moment, the penny dropped for me on what Archangel […]
We celebrate Martin Luther King Day today. What he foresaw will be accomplished by us ascending and building Nova Earth, a world that works for everyone. The world that he foresaw is the world of our future. Here’s a history of his life. “Martin Luther King, Jr.,” History.com editors, Jan. 15, 2020; circa Nov 9, […]
On New Years Eve, 2019, our brothers and sisters in Jakarta had torrential rain and flash floods. In this post, January 7th, Channel News Asia, Siwage Dharma Negara writes: “About 158 urban communities in Jakarta experienced flooding, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). “Besides Jakarta, the floods also hit surrounding areas, such as […]
About Inequality Worldwide Confronting inequalities is not about merely bridging gaps, it requires confronting entrenched interests. Mona Fawaz, Common Dreams, Jan. 2, 2020 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/02/what-protests-lebanon-can-tell-us-about-inequality-worldwide Lebanon is more than two months into the wave of protests rocking the country. Chief among the grievances driving people onto the streets are entrenched inequalities and compromised human dignity. Even […]
