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To The Olympian Who Dedicated His Gold Medal To His Brother, From A 7-Year-Old
Canadian skier, Alex Bilodeau, won a Gold medal last week and dedicated it to his brother Frederic, who has cerebral palsy. “The motivation that he has, if he had had the chances like I did, he would...
View ArticleOccidental College Pledges To Ban Investing In Makers Of Military-Style...
Occidental College in Los Angeles has decided that it will not knowingly invest its endowment in companies that manufacture military-style assault weapons to be sold to the general public. The board of...
View ArticleThere Is No Such Thing As The Perfect Body (VIDEO)
Every teen who struggles with self-confidence should watch this blunt, powerful video about body image from YouTube star Boyinaband. In the post -- which is part of The 4:01 Show -- Boyinaband blames...
View ArticleIt's Time to Raise the Wage
We're on a roll. In the last few weeks, those of us fighting to get economic justice for low-paid workers and for raising the minimum wage have scored some big wins. The battle has been going on for...
View ArticleWhat Happens When A Black Man And A White Man Try To Break Into The Same Car...
The man trying to get into Jason Roberts' car was clearly a professional. His movements were quick, skilled and evidently practiced. He began to attract the notice of skeptical onlookers. Who was that...
View ArticlePussy Riot Welcomed to the Russian Olympics With a Police Beating
Welcome to the Russian Olympics where beatings are the order of the day. For Pussy Riot, including Nadia Tolokonikova and Masha Alyohkina, who were poised to sing a song satirizing President Vladimir...
View ArticlePenn Student Suicides Prompt Task Force Probe Of Campus Stress
The University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday announced a task force to examine stress and mental health on the Philadelphia campus, still mourning two students who committed suicide this year. The new...
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How to Assess a Social Enterprise
A friend transitioning from the corporate world to the social enterprise space recently asked me how to assess a social enterprise. How do we really know when an organization is doing quality work we...
View ArticleThe Need for Asian Climate Leadership
For decades, Asian leaders largely ignored climate change. It's a Western problem, we said. They caused the problem by dumping greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere; let them clean it up. Instead, we...
View ArticleOde to Rastafari: Stop Eviction of Rastafari from Pinnacle Ancestral Grounds!
I am petitioning the Jamaican government to stop the eviction of the Rastafari and preserve the ancestral lands at Pinnacle. As the epicenter and birthplace of the Rastafari faith and movement,...
View ArticleObama Sends Isaac Lufkin, Armless Football Kicker, A Letter Of Praise
President Barack Obama on Wednesday sent a letter of praise to Isaac Lufkin, a high school football kicker born without arms. Isaac Lufkin, the armless kicker who helped lead his team to a title,...
View ArticleThe War to Defeat AIDS Must Continue
"We're living through war, but where they're living it's peace time, and we're all in the same country." This moving quotation from Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart came to mind as I watched the...
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Emily Graslie: The Young Mind Behind 'Brain Scoop'
Emily Graslie was named Chief Curiosity Correspondent at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History in June 2013. In that role she hosts "The Brain Scoop," a weekly educational YouTube channel devoted...
View ArticleHarvard College Gets $150M Donation, Largest Gift In School History
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The billionaire founder of the Citadel hedge fund management company has given Harvard College the largest gift in its history, $150 million. Harvard University announced...
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The Benefits Of Community For Infant Health
In the continuing debate over access to affordable health care in the United States, it is easy to forget that such access can mean the difference between life and death. But consider the fact that...
View ArticleWhere Wellness Went Wrong
I recently took an informal survey of friends, family and coworkers. I asked them, "If there is one company, one service provider in your life who you think delivers bad service and a bad customer...
View ArticleHow Giving Back Can Change Your Life
At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we often think about philanthropy in terms of its direct impact on others -- such has how many people were fed or how many children were vaccinated. While we...
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Venezuelans Unite: From Streets to Cyberspace
Over 11,000 miles away from her home country, Venezuela, Haydee Izaguirre was stunned as she watched the movie scene that her country had become on February 12, 2014. From her apartment in Singapore,...
View ArticleCity Faces Lawsuit Over Girl's Mini Horse Service Animal
A miniature horse may not seem like a conventional service animal, but that's the role Ellie served for a 13-year-old Ohio girl who uses a wheelchair. At least, that's what Chloe Anderson's mother says...
View ArticleKepler Space Telescope's Amazing Discoveries Highlighted In New 'Deep...
How much have we really learned about alien planets? Twenty years ago, we knew nothing about any other worlds outside of our solar system. Now, we've discovered the Milky Way is teeming with planets...
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