Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Good news Wednesday

Because I think we can all use it right now. 

Maternal deaths in the Republic of Congo have dropped 50% over the last ten years: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/18/in-republic-of-congoarevolutioninmaternalhealth.html

Violent crime at a historic low: http://www.nationalmemo.com/u-s-crime-rate-stays-near-historic-lows/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=browser

The Killers have a new song out:


Finally gaining some momentum lately in the move to get rid of the Washington football team's racist name: http://nativeappropriations.com/2013/09/canadian-itunes-app-store-censors-the-word-redskn.html

Awesome children's librarian reads to an alligator: http://www.slj.com/2013/09/public-libraries/queens-ny-librarian-reads-to-alligator-to-promote-summer-reading/#_

This is really good, you should watch it:

And finally, this is one of my favorite satire pieces on celebrities and charities. It makes me laugh every time I read it: http://the-toast.net/2013/09/03/the-celebrity-goes-to-africa/

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