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Noah Smith @Noahpinion
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American politics are a mess, but around the world, lots of things are improving!

qz.com/1169003/the-99…
New cholera vaccine! Wow!
nytimes.com/2017/02/06/hea…
Soda sales are dropping! Die sugar industry die...

reuters.com/article/us-sod…
Zika has been defeated: sciencemag.org/news/2017/08/z…
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of people in India are getting access to proper sanitation: gatesnotes.com/Development/In…
The end of coal is proceeding rapidly: endcoal.org/global-coal-pl…
UK carbon emissions are down to 1894 levels. Wow!
independent.co.uk/environment/uk…
Solar energy is responsible for 2% of all jobs being created in the United States!
cnbc.com/2017/02/07/sol…
In the U.S., teen suicide rates are falling, and LGBT suicides are falling especially fast: theguardian.com/us-news/2017/f…
The Netherlands has a bunch of refugees, but crime continues to plunge. Prisons are being closed, and turned into refugee housing! fastcompany.com/3067951/this-i…
Global deaths from terrorism have plunged. reliefweb.int/report/world/g…
PAKISTAN now recognizes more than two genders. vox.com/world/2017/6/2…
Mass incarceration in the United States continues to decrease: nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opi…
Bullying and violence have decreased in American schools!
apnews.com/73b134eca24142…
Executions have fallen dramatically around the world: bbc.com/news/world-395…
Racial discrimination is falling around the world: qz.com/983016/the-dat…
The bad guys are pushing hard on a few fronts, and have won a few victories.

But on 100 other fronts, progress is marching on.

You can crush the flowers, but you can't stop the spring.
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