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2021 C.E. September 7
Australia’s northern hairy-nosed wombats are back from the brink of extinction
The population of Australia's largest wombat species dipped to as low as 35 in the 1980s. Since then, with the help of predator fencing, habitat management, and more, the population has grown to more than 300.
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2021 C.E. September 7
Mexico is first country in North America and 41st in the world to ban animal cosmetic testing
The new law also forbids the manufacture, marketing, and import of cosmetics that have been tested on animals in other countries.
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2021 C.E. September 6
Scotland joins growing global movement towards a four-day workweek
Scotland plans to launch a trial four-day workweek. Workers will have their hours reduced by 20%, but won’t suffer any loss in compensation.
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2021 C.E. September 6
Arizona abolishes peremptory challenges to improve juror diversity
As reported by Vox, this practice leads to the disproportionate dismissal of jurors of color, and “multiple studies suggest that peremptory strikes play a major role in producing juries that are whiter than the population as a whole.”
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2021 C.E. September 6
Four tuna species recovering after decade of fishing quotas
In IUCN's Red List update, the seven most commercially fished tuna species were reassessed. Four moved in a positive direction thanks to countries enforcing more sustainable fishing quotas and successfully combatting illegal fishing.
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2021 C.E. September 5
Charlotte, NC launches peer-run alternative to psychiatric hospitalization
The facility is entirely run by those who have experienced mental illness, psychiatric hospitalizations, homelessness, incarceration, or substance use. It is designed to be an alternative for those who are without physical injury who would otherwise be admitted to a psychiatric facility by an emergency room.
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2021 C.E. September 3
Two women become the first gay couple in the Mexican state of Jalisco to officially adopt a child
Adoption by same-sex couples has been legal in Mexico since the country’s Supreme Court ruled in a landmark 2010 decision that the government could not withhold legal rights on the basis of LGBTQ+ identity.
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2021 C.E. September 2
Bryan Ruby becomes the first active professional baseball player to come out as gay
“I want to help create a world where future generations of baseball players don’t have to sacrifice authenticity or who they really are to play the game they love," said Bryan Ruby of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.
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2021 C.E. September 2
China steps in to regulate brutal ‘996’ work culture
Many workers in China currently work more than 300 hours a month, far exceeding legal limits. Now, the Chinese government is stepping in to curb these abusive practices.
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2021 C.E. September 2
Walgreens becomes newest member of the $15 an hour club
The $15 increase, which applies to both full- and part-time workers, will be phased in and completed by November 2022.
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2021 C.E. October 11
Norway hopes to boost body image with retouching law
In Norway, images that have been altered to change a person’s appearance must now be labelled as retouched under new amendments to the country’s marketing act.
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2021 C.E. October 11
Indian health insurance to expand coverage options for transgender people
Ayushman Bharat, India’s flagship health insurance for the least privileged communities, will provide coverage for #trans individuals that includes support for sex-change operations.
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2021 C.E. October 11
Access to a healthy environment, declared a human right by UN rights council
According to World Health Organization, 24% of all global deaths, roughly 13.7 million deaths a year, are linked to the environment, due to risks such as air pollution and chemical exposure.
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2021 C.E. October 8
Biden to restore protections to three national monuments cut by Trump
The decision to restore the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments will protect the sites' stunning physical beauty and fossil record, as well as substantial Native American history.
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2021 C.E. October 8
Brazil court upholds ban on missionaries trying to contact isolated Indigenous
Although the country’s official policy since 1987 has been to not engage in any contact, a federal law passed in July 2020 allows religious missionaries to remain inside reserves with isolated #Indigenous groups.
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2021 C.E. October 4
Canada celebrates first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The day, which honors the lost children and survivors of Indigenous schools, comes after more than 1,000 unmarked graves were discovered at former schools this year.
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2021 C.E. October 7
Germany elects first-ever transgender members of parliament
Tessa Ganserer and Nyke Slawik from the Greens part have made history in Germany as the first transgender women to win parliamentary seats in the recent national election.
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2021 C.E. October 7
Turkey ratifies Paris Agreement, becoming the last G20 country to join
Turkey's parliamentarians on Wednesday unanimously approved the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, which aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.
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2021 C.E. October 7
Tehran police will no longer arrest women for failing to observe Islamic dress code
For nearly 40 years, women in Iran have been forced to cover their hair and wear long, loose garments.
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2021 C.E. October 6
World Health Organization approves first-ever malaria vaccine
Malaria has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity for millennia. Now, children across much of Africa are to be vaccinated against malaria in a historic moment in the fight against the deadly disease.