Good news/bad news: an update on how the U.S. compares to the world

Good news! South Korea has launched exclusive night buses for women, to make their return home safer. Bad news! By threat of discrimination lawsuits, women in the United States are not permitted to create women-only spaces. There is currently a lawsuit against a ride share company for offering women drivers specifically for women passengers. Good news! A laboratory study (in vitro) showed that extracts from the dandelion root can destroy up to 95% of tumor cells in just two days. Bad news! Christian nationalist members of the United States government does not allow this type of research Good news! Finland was officially recognized as the best country for families. Bad news! United States ranked #24 Good news! Australia could become the first nation in the world to eliminate cervical cancer Bad news! The United States has a secretary of health who frowns on routine vaccinations and modern healthcare. So. Yeah. Good news! The Netherlands is closing prisons due to the decrease in the number of detainees, caused by the drop in criminality. Since 2009, more than 20 prisons have been closed. Bad news! The United States runs for-profit prisons, has the highest rate of incarceration in the civilized world, and is working to build 26 new concentration camps as we speak! Good news! Norway achieved something impossible: it is the 1st country in the world to reach a deforestation rate almost zero. Bad news! United States lobbyists routinely pay off officials for development projects regardless of coveted national resources or endangered species. Notice a pattern here? Are we great again yet?