Feel Good Friday

We hear a lot about the dangerous rise in crime. But the numbers suggest that America’s Incarceration Rate Is About to Fall Off a Cliff. And, the US is on track to record the lowest violent crime rate since 1968.

+ “For the students who made it here to graduation, and especially for the 70 or so who stand, today is a celebration. As they move their tassels from right to left and toss their caps into the air, they cry and hug and take in this moment of reprieve from living in hotel rooms, waiting in line at donation centers and sitting in unending uncertainty.” At Jackie Robinson’s high school, Altadena rebuilds after fire.

+ Gates Foundation commits $1.6 billion to Gavi over five years.

+ “In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report that of the 12 patients who received a single dose of the stem cells, it eliminated the need for insulin in 10 for at least a year.” London woman off insulin for Type 1 diabetes after a single dose of experimental manufactured stem cells.

+ At adoption event, shelter dog alerts man he is about to have a seizure. (My beagles growl every time I open a tab with a Supreme Court story…)

+ How one program is changing surf culture in San Francisco.

+ A New Zealand campaign won the top prize at Cannes Lions with an ad to brand the country as ‘best place in the world to have herpes.’ (Even if you get them in the worst place…)