What To Do When a Friend Betrays You
Last month two longtime friends broke trust. One offered to do something vital for me, didn't, and didn't tell me. Another shared very private information about me with a stranger. I don't know which...
View ArticleThis Man Used His 'Future Kid' To Pop The Question, And It's Totally Adorable
When Blake Wheeler brought his girlfriend Hilary to the park for a romantic picnic recently, his plans for the day included a lot more than just lunch. Wheeler had a TV set up ready to play a surprise...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: America's Top Strategic Priority Should Be 'Reopening' to China
Writing from Vladivostok, Artyom Lukin sketches a scenario for The WorldPost of where we might end up 20 years from now -- World War III-lite -- if we continue on the present track. As often in...
View ArticleWhat Computer Geeks Taught Me About the Future of Aging
Sometime in the near future, our nation may not have enough qualified workers to serve every older American who needs services and supports. That's more than a little scary, especially for baby...
View ArticleWhy It Will Be So Hard To Rebuild Gaza's Devastated Landscape
Weeks of fighting between Israel and Hamas have left whole neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip in ruins and critically damaged basic infrastructure. According to the United Nations, around 10,000 buildings...
View ArticleThe 'Pig Rassle': A Good Church Fundraiser, Or Downright Inhumane?
Does it look to you like the pig is having a good time here? As of Friday afternoon, some 45,000 people who think this is no positive porcine experience have signed a Change.org petition calling for a...
View ArticleInnovations in Dentistry Bridging the Gap for California Kids
This post was co-authored by Jenny Kattlove, Director of Strategic Health Initiatives, The Children's Partnership. Every so often, technological advances allow public health officials opportunities to...
View ArticleHONY Photographer Captures Innocence Of Iraqi Minority Children As U.S. Sends...
One photographer's global travels recently captured a glimmer of hope within an otherwise bleak landscape in Iraq. Brandon Stanton, known for his successful blog and best-selling book, "Humans of New...
View ArticleEmory Nurse: We're Treating Americans With Ebola Because 'It's The Right Thing'
Bringing two American doctors infected with Ebola back to the U.S. has unleashed a firestorm among critics. But those who are actually treating the patients say the U.S. is obligated to take care of...
View ArticleHomes Don't Cure Homelessness
"Give the homeless homes." That's the latest trend in our country's fight to end homelessness. If we throw enough homes and money at the problem, somehow homelessness will end. For a relatively small...
View ArticleFirst City in Iran to Ban Killing Stray Dogs and the Woman Behind It
Jila Pourirani at Pardise Animal Shelter, Credit: Facebook Shooting stray dogs is common practice in Iran. However, now the northwestern city of Tabriz has become the first and only city in the...
View ArticleShrapnel-Torn Schools, Ebola Medics, And Chinese Valentine's Day: Week In...
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...
View ArticleLiberia Protesters Demand Govt Pick Up Ebola Bodies
MONROVA, Liberia (AP) — Riot police raced to quell a demonstration blocking Liberia's busiest highway Saturday as an angry crowd protested the government's delays in collecting the bodies of Ebola...
View ArticleCamp Unites Israeli, Palestinian Kids In Shared Love Of Soccer As Tensions...
While turmoil and unrest continue in the Middle East, a group of Palestinians and Israelis have united in peace and found common ground -- on a soccer field. Goals of Peace 2014 Summer Camp took place...
View ArticleThousands Of Iraqi Yazidis Flee To Syria After Kurds Open Safe Passage
Kurdish forces rescued 5,000 Yazidis who were stranded on Sinjar Mountain in Northwestern Iraq and had been in danger of dying of thirst, Al Jazeera reports. "I can confirm that we succeeded in...
View ArticleThis Is How Mice Ask To Open The Door
Knock-knock. Who's there? Um... A mouse? You may not have been expecting that, but don't put it past this clever four-legged rodent, Little Grisu. In a recent YouTube video uploaded by MouseAgility,...
View ArticleA Dream We Are ABLE to Enact at Last
Last week, disability activists across the United States, including myself, were greatly encouraged as the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act moved one step closer to passage in Congress,...
View ArticlePower Up
U.S. president Barack Obama invited nearly 50 Africa heads of state to Washington D.C. this week, for an unprecedented summit aimed at forging a stronger relationship with the continent. A series of...
View ArticleWomen Stoned To Death In Syria For Adultery
BEIRUT (AP) — A cleric read the verdict before the truck came and dumped a large pile of stones near the municipal garden. Jihadi fighters then brought in the woman, clad head to toe in black, and put...
View ArticleOn Indigenous Peoples Day, Let's Move on to a New View of Native Americans
When most Americans think of Native peoples, if they think of us at all, they think of Thanksgiving and its benign legend of Pilgrims and Native Americas sitting down together to a shared meal long,...
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