Disability This woman is helping disabled children walk for the first timeCNN - By Aisha Salaudeen and Earl Nurse, CNNLagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Crystal Chigbu cried herself to sleep for many nights after giving birth to her daughter, Beulah, in 2009. Doctors in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial center, had informed her that Beulah
An 11-year-old’s response to El Paso shooting: One act of kindness for each victimThe Washington Post - By Deanna PaulIn the shadow of shock that lingered after the weekend mass shooting in El Paso, one crestfallen sixth-grader had an idea to help his community cope. Ruben Martinez named it the “#ElPasoChallenge” and
Cyntoia Brown Cyntoia Brown, sentenced to life at 16, released from prison. Here's what you need to knowUSA TODAY - Mariah Timms and Natalie Neysa AlundNASHVILLE, Tenn. – Cyntoia Brown, an alleged sex trafficking victim sentenced to life in prison for killing a man when she was 16, was released on parole early Wednesday morning, according to the Tennessee
Play buttonToni Morrison How the Timeless Toni Morrison Lives OnOZY - Carly Stern OZY Newsmakers: Deep dives on the names you need to know. What pulled Toni Morrison’s pen to paper was silence. She could see all the stories that …
Compassion Scruffy Homeless Man Asks Cop for Hot Shower, Then Officers Completely Transform Himtheepochtimes.com - Li Yen The world will be a better place if we all have compassion for one another—even those we pass by casually on the street. As a famous philosopher once …
Toni Morrison Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88Associated Press - By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in "Beloved," ''Song of Solomon" and other works transformed American letters by
U.S. Politics A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the Supreme CourtThe New York Times - By ADAM LIPTAKWASHINGTON — “For 23 years, I was a jailhouse lawyer,” said Calvin Duncan, a former inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. “That was my assigned job.” He had a 10th-grade education, and
Walmart A Walmart employee and a customer helped 140 people escape from the El Paso shootingCNN - By Nicole Chavez, Christina ZdanowiczEl Paso, Texas (CNN) — When gunshots rang out at an El Paso Walmart, Gilbert Serna yelled for everyone to follow him. He said he led nearly 100 people out the back of the store to safety before returning
Jon Stewart Put Down Your Swords: After 18 Years, the Senate Was Finally,commondreams.org Jon Stewart exquisitely trolls Mitch McTurtle, who pretends not to see him in a less-than-crowded hallway after years of vile stonewalling on the …
Shoes Arkansas mom buys all shoes in closing Payless store to donate to kids in needFox News - Talia KaplanAn Arkansas mother bought all of the shoes from a closing Payless ShoeSource store to give to children in need before the school year begins. Carrie Jernigan, a mother of three, told Fox News she bought
Environmentalism Meet the young Indigenous activist decolonising environmentalism to save the planet - i-Di-D USA - Triana HernandezAs we face a climate crisis, Indigenous environmental activists like Jamie Graham-Blair are highlighting how traditional custodians have always protected country. Jamie Graham-Blair is a young and warm-hearted
Edward Enninful Meghan guest edits British Vogue, features 'Forces for Change' womenReuters UKLONDON (Reuters) - Meghan, wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, has chosen to feature 15 women she considers “Forces for change” on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue that she guest edited, Palace
Refugees This small town in America's Deep South welcomes 1,500 refugees a year | Georgia | The GuardianGuardian US - US NewsThis small town in America’s Deep South welcomes 1,500 refugees a year How does a dusty, working-class town in Georgia not only manage to rehome thousands of refugees, but make them integral to the town’s
Torture Is it possible to recover from torture? Lessons from Holocaust survivor and philosopher Jean Améry - Israel News -haaretz.com “Whoever has succumbed to torture can no longer feel at home in the world. The shame of destruction cannot be erased. Trust in the world, which …
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Love And Other ThingsNPR - Domenico MontanaroBut Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg counts herself among the lucky ones. She had an epic marriage to her late husband, Marty Ginsburg, that has been detailed in many places (here, here and here),
Amazon Prime Video Here's What's New on Amazon Prime Video in August 2019TIME - Rachel E. GreenspanIf you’re ready to stay indoors this month, Amazon Prime Video has a ton of new TV shows and movies available for streaming. This month’s drop of new content to the streaming service includes an original
South Los Angeles How These Neighbors Took On The Oil Company In Their Backyard And WonHuffPost - Susan AbramAbout one-third of Los Angeles County residents live within a mile of a drilling rig. In this community, the oil drilling facility is just feet away. Over more than 30 years living on Budlong Avenue, Marenco
Technology This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himselfCNN - By Ryan Prior, CNN(CNN) — Doug Lindsay was 21 and starting his senior year at Rockhurst University, a Jesuit college in Kansas City, Missouri, when his world imploded. After his first day of classes, the biology major at
Kroger Woman Helps an Old Man Who Had an Accident in Kroger, Restores His Faith in Humanitytheepochtimes.com - Michael Wing It’s strange how you can find proof of human kindness in the most unpredictable of places. In this case, it was a Kroger supermarket, where an older …
Mount Kilimanjaro 89-year-old Anne Lorimor becomes oldest person to climb Mount KilimanjaroABC News - Alexandra Svokos Anne Lorimor wasn't willing to let go of her title without a fight. The Arizona woman had climbed Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest …
Climate Change The GOP’s most famous messaging strategist calls for climate actiongrist.org - Kate Yoder Frank Luntz’s up-close encounter with our increasingly wild weather came at 3:15 a.m. one morning, when the GOP master messenger woke up to his phone …
Opinion I'm a scientist. Under Trump I lost my job for refusing to hide climate crisis factsThe Guardian - Maria CaffreySenior NPS officials tried repeatedly, often aggressively, to coerce me into deleting references to the human causes of the climate crisis The Trump administration’s hostility towards climate science not
Leadership Five soft skills you need to be a better leader in 2020Fast Company - Lydia DishmanEveryone can be a leader at their own level. These are the top five soft skills you should start practicing immediately. How do we determine what it means to be a leader? What are the qualities, and how
When a man's tire blew out and his car rolled over, a group of strangers saved himCNN - By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN(CNN) — A handful of Good Samaritans worked together to turn a car on its side and rescue the driver after the car flipped over on a busy interstate. Six to eight construction workers and drivers rushed
A 5-Year, 50,000 Person Gallup Study Says This Is the Single Biggest Challenge Managers FaceInc Magazine - Scott MautzHaving spent many years on the front lines of corporate life, I faced myriad challenges, but never stopped to think about which issue was the most challenging. The polling giants at Gallup have. For five
Hungarian dissident philosopher Agnes Heller dies at age 90timesofisrael.com - By AFP BUDAPEST, Hungary — Philosopher Agnes Heller, a dissident under Hungary’s communist regime and later a prominent critic of Prime Minister Viktor …
Keanu Reeves' most excellent surprise for one fan is 'breathtaking' and once again gifts the internetCNN - By Scottie Andrew and Chelsea J. Carter, CNN(CNN) — Most excellent, Keanu Reeves fans: The affable actor heard your prayers, and he answered with a "breathtaking" act of kindness. His latest good deed to go viral occurred in Slidell, Louisiana,
How to Attract & Retain Employees Using the Power of StorytellingInc Magazine - Shama HyderIt's why massively successful brands like Starbucks share stories about the farming communities from which they source their coffee. It's why Airbnb tells users' stories--about their home, about their
