Obama Administration Is Helping Holocaust Survivors, Joe Biden Announces
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is working to help Holocaust survivors in the United States, many of them living in poverty, by coordinating assistance, working with aid groups and using...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean to Be Gay in Athletics?
As you've probably heard, Tom Daley came out earlier this week. (I recommend that you watch his YouTube video.) The responses vary from being supportive to downright rude (read some of the Twitter...
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Soldier Salute: How Companies Are Giving Back This Holiday Season
As the holiday season kicks into full gear, it's easy to get wrapped up in parties, shopping and family outings. It's also too easy to forget that some families don't get to spend much time together,...
View ArticleGoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons Pledges Half Of Wealth To Charity
GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons recently pledged half his wealth to charity. Parsons and wife, Renee, recently joined the Giving Pledge –- a movement started by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett four...
View ArticleSaving Youth Football From Another Hit
With new granting guidelines (PDF) for youth football, the LA84 Foundation seeks to lead the nation. The recent revelations about brain injuries and memory problems of former NFL players, including...
View ArticleOptimism Will Make the World a Better Place
Some 1.2 billion people live on less than $1.25 per day. Wars rage around the world. Climate change is knocking at our door. In all, there's a lot to be afraid of. But there's also a lot to be proud...
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'Home Birth Dads' 2014 Calendar Raises Awareness In A Hilarious Way
This isn't your traditional charity item. For their 2014 calendar, Inner Birth, a Wisconsin midwife practice decided to put dads in the spotlight, er birthing tub. The idea -- using men to recreate...
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This Bike Not Only Stops You From Making Pollution, It Eats It
Want to pedal your way to work but scared of what you're breathing in? Sick of smog spewing in your face while you cycle? Bangkok-based design firm Lightfog could have the bike for you -- or at least...
View ArticleThe Story Of This Rescue Dog Will Inspire Even The Biggest Cynic (VIDEO)
In March, a team from the Humane Society of the United States rescued more than 60 dogs from an alleged puppy mill in Sampson County, N.C., according to the Public News Service. One of those dogs...
View ArticleViva Mandela!
"I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience." (Statement during trial, 1962) Sir Nelson...
View ArticleSalvation Army Hawaii Holiday Donations Down 30 Percent From Last Year
Last year in Hawaii, the Salvation Army raised almost $1 million through its red kettle campaign. So far this year, it has only raised about $371,000. Maj. John Chamness, divisional commander for The...
View ArticleKid President's Gift Guide Will Make For Very Happy Holidays, Indeed
Kid President's gift guide has everything you need for successful holiday gifting -- like this important reminder: "The truth is, most people don't need stuff. They need to know somebody cares." The...
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Artists Turn Berlin Apartment Complex Into 22,000-Square-Meter Mural (PHOTOS)
We're endlessly surprised by just how powerful perspective can be. Where most people saw a row of apartments, the artists of French creative collective CitéCréation saw a canvas -- and three years...
View ArticleLinda Tirado Is Not A Hoax
First, Internet fame brought Linda Tirado a miraculous windfall. Then it put her reputation through a meat grinder. She’s been saved and she’s been savaged. She has emotional whiplash.
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Human Rights Day -- A Day to Do Something
In my lifetime, I have seen changes I never thought were possible. Apartheid ended in South Africa. Same-gender couples are legally marrying in a burgeoning number of states and countries. I have seen...
View ArticleMiami Homeless Would Lose Some Basic Protections Under New Settlement Between...
Miami's summer bid to criminalize homelessness ran headlong into the ACLU, but a new settlement would still remove the rights to certain every day activities for the city's most needy population. The...
View ArticleHuman-Animal Relationships: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. Denise Herzing's TED talk made me think of many larger themes centering on the fascinating lives of the other animals with whom we share our...
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Remembering Newtown, One Year Later
Long before the tragedy in my hometown of Newtown, Connecticut, I knew full well that gun violence could happen anytime, anywhere, and to anyone. After all, research and advocacy to prevent gun...
View ArticleJack Kornfield, Former Monk: 'See The Good In One Another' (VIDEO)
Jack Kornfield is considered one of the founding fathers of Buddhism in the United States. For 40 years, this former monk and best-selling author has devoted his life to teaching mindfulness and peace,...
View ArticleHow Do We Stop the World's Sex Trafficking Problem?
This December 11 article on CNN, "The Women Who Sold Their Daughters into Sex Slavery," might have seemed odd to some of us who cannot imagine a parent knowingly selling their daughter's virginity and...
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