THE GOOD NEWS: Pakistan has planted more than 1 billion trees in an effort to reduce the effects of global warming. Debates about climate policy often swirl around complicated figures: emissions data, statistical projections, and relative pollution figures around the world. But while the environmental impact of various energy forms remains the focus of…
Simone Veil, 2008. Wikicommons/Marie-Lan Nguyen. Some rights reserved.In an age of political vacuousness, we often ask what has happened to the quality of our leaders. Many believe that we deserve such poor leaders because we live in trivial, reality television-addled times dominated by consumerism. Electors across Europe seem, more often than not, unhappy with the…
THE GOOD NEWS: The February 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, has led to a nationwide movement started by politically engaged youth. The message of the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018, in downtown Los Angeles was clear. From a stage facing a crowd of thousands, actress Olivia Wilde made a proclamation echoed…
As seen on the shelves of a bookstore in New York, sales of the George Orwell's "1984" have soared since the news that the White House used "alternative facts" to bolster its claims on the inauguration audience. Richard B. Levine/Press Association.All rights reserved.In 2016, with the Brexit and Trump stories at an all-time high, post-truth…
Examine your fingers. Which one is longer? Is it the index finger (the finger you use to point with — technically the second digit, or 2D, counting the thumb) or the ring finger (the fourth digit, or 4D)? The relative length of the index and ring fingers is known as the digit ratio or the…
Parisian election posters showing candidate for the 2017 presidential election Emmanuel Macron, March 23, 2017. Apaydin Alain/Press Association. All rights reserved.Macron won the 2017 election with more than 65% of votes against Le Pen. He became the new president on May 7 after starting a new political movement just over a year ago. Sidelining the…
THE GOOD NEWS: While a loud gun control debate roars on through the country, gun sales are quietly plummeting. Fear is a huge motivator when it comes to purchasing a firearm. As recently reported in GOOD, economic anxiety and racism are big reasons people might stockpile guns. Over the past decade, fear that prominent…
MANILA, Nov. 14, 2017 (Xinhua) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at a press conference after the closing ceremony of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. Rouelle Umali/Press Association. All rights reserved.“Fuck you,” — EU — “Why are you complaining so much about me threatening the criminals… the European Union now has…
The glaciers are melting. The oceans are bleaching. Entire nations are in danger of being wiped off the face of the Earth. But climate change isn’t all bad news: Soon U.K. elites will be able to dine on locally sourced $2,000 mushrooms! For the first time in recorded history, rare black Périgord truffles are growing as far north as…
Austria's new Chancellor Sebastian Kurz gives the press conference after meeting at European Commission HQ in Brussels, Belgium on 19.12.2017. Wiktor Dabkowski/ Press Association. All rights reserved. In the past, when a country was suffocating, it could be aired by opening the windows to neighboring countries. But now we do not have this resource any…