Primary Positivity

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It’s beginning—2020 elections. Iowa holds the first caucus next week and New Hampshire its first primary a week after that, and South Carolina and Nevada follow before February is out. Maybe you’re just tuning in, or maybe you’ve already been hearing about the primary candidates and their campaigning for months already. Or maybe you’re just having bad memories from 2016. Here are some steps to try to keep up our positive engagement as this election year gets into full swing.

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Don't Be Stealth—It's Kids' Health

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Ugh... Is the Trump administration vindictively obsessed with all things Obama or is it just a coincidence? Who knows. But on Michelle Obama’s birthday, January 17, the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Nutrition Service released an announcement that the former First Lady’s signature school lunch program would be rolled back. 

In more hopeful news, research shows that if individual schools and districts take a small step—making school breakfast available after the bell—not only will more kids from low-income backgrounds eat breakfast, more will come to school. 

Today’s edition is all about school meals. Oh, and we’re doing a different format today: Two 30-minute ways to make a difference, pick and choose based on your time and interest.

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Things You Can Actually Do About Climate Change

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If there were ever a subject calculated to make us feel despair at our powerlessness, it’s climate change. But if there’s one consistent theme from climate scientists and environmental activists, it’s that everything we do matters: we have real opportunities to slow and limit global warming. So let’s do it.

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