"The last 10 years were filled with positive change—really."
With an egocentric, race-baiting, misogynistic and lying bully in the White House, it's pretty hard to find reason for optimism in the daily news. But when the editors of Reasons to be Cheerful surveyed the past decade they found a whole lot of reasons to celebrate.
"Issues that were hardly on the radar a decade ago, like transgender rights, began earning the attention they deserved. Meanwhile, problems from the past, like damage to the ozone layer, turned a corner. A decade that often seemed to be mired in muck actually boasted major progress. But don’t take our word for it—read our list of how things have gotten better since the dawn of last decade."
This is really encouraging. We do seem to be learning, in spite of our setbacks.
Article: The Decade in Cheer