5 Apps To Help Change The World
Forget about Angry Birds and Yo. These apps aim to educate and empower -- and are the newest tactic for tech-savvy activists.
View ArticleThere's Nothing Left To Be Afraid Of
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. I must surely have a unique perspective on the subject of being eaten alive because, well, I have been. I lost my right arm from my elbow down...
View ArticleReflecting on Inspirational Special Olympics USA Games in New Jersey
The 2014 Special Olympics USA National Games have just concluded and I applaud all of the event organizers, volunteers, supporters, and especially the athletes, for making this an amazing event. As New...
View ArticleThe Healing Power of a Service Dog
The rocket blast came two months into my deployment in Iraq. Ten years and 26 surgeries later, my hands and legs were physically repaired, but the loss of muscle in my right leg made it hard for me to...
View ArticleSharks, Galapagos and a Peaceful Coexistence
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. As an ocean scientist, undoubtedly, the most frequent question I am asked is about sharks. Is it safe to go into the ocean? Based on how sharks...
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This 'Loving' Dog Found With A Jug Stuck On Her Head Is Waiting For A Family...
Thanks to some kind rescuers, one dog escaped an awful ordeal. In the video above, Chris Ouwerkerk, of the Michigan Human Society, rescues a dog with a plastic jug stuck on her head, who was found...
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Nonprofit Cleans Homes For Women With Cancer So They Have 1 Less Thing To...
What started out as a simple, selfless idea to help women cancer patients, has grown into an incredible organization spanning all 50 states and Canada. After receiving a call from a woman with cancer...
View ArticleFunds Help Baby Severely Injured In Crib By Grenande Hurled By SWAT Team
Alecia Phonesavanh still can’t bring herself to look at the deep wound in her son’s chest caused by a grenade hurled by a SWAT team. But watching donations and well wishes pour in from friends, family...
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A Family's 'One-In-A-Million' Experience With HIV (VIDEO)
On "Our America with Lisa Ling," Lisa Ling explores the social and economic forces driving the disproportionately high rate of HIV infection in black America. Among those she interviewed was Sonny, a...
View ArticleLearners at the Center of a Networked World
Technology is an essential element of our everyday lives. It empowers individuals with more information, more options and more customized experiences, at home and everywhere else. Technology has...
View ArticleA Challenge for Trail Runners
Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed -- chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching...
View ArticleVegetarianism Cuts Your Dietary Carbon Footprint A Ridiculous Amount, Study...
As the economic, political and personal costs of doing nothing to mitigate climate change skyrocket, there's one lifestyle change that slashes dietary greenhouse gas emissions in half: Veganism....
View ArticleU.S. 'In Negotiations' To Allow Meriam Yahya Ibrahim To Leave Sudan
CAIRO, June 28 (Reuters) - Sudanese authorities and U.S. officials in Khartoum are negotiating to allow a Sudanese woman, who married an American and was recently spared the death penalty for...
View ArticleQueers for the Climate Want You To 'Save The Straights!'
Queers for the Climate is a new activist organization whose focus extends beyond purely queer issues, with a heavy focus on the perilous state of our world's rapidly changing climate. The group of...
View ArticleResearch Scientist Ved Chirayath Organizes NASA's First Official Gay Pride...
San Francisco's LGBT Pride parade will welcome astronauts and other NASA employees among its many revelers this year. Ved Chirayath, who is currently enrolled at Stanford University in an aeronautics...
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Veteran Returns Home To Find Beautiful Surprise, Makes Us All Cry Alongside Him
This veteran got the homecoming he deserved. When Marine Corps Iraq veteran Sgt. Jacinto Bernardo left his home in Suisun City, California, in his friend's care while serving, he expected to return to...
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These Are The Most Generous Cities In America
Though it's not hard to find people with big hearts all over the U.S., this is the country's pocket where people are, well, digging into their pockets a bit more. Seattle took the top spot on...
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Floods, Festivals And A Massive Russian Submarine: Week In Photos, Jun. 22 - 29
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this...
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Refusing To Be Silenced, Thousands Come Out For Singapore's 'Pink Dot' LGBT...
In the days leading up to the sixth annual Pink Dot rally in Singapore, a firestorm of controversy erupted in the island nation as some religious leaders and groups condemned the event, with one...
View Article16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy
While the work of the LGBTQ movement is far from done, Pride Month is a great opportunity for the LGBTQ community to reflect on just how far we've come in a relatively short period of time. Pride Month...
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