Charity and activism
Anything to do with Charity and activism
Kristina
@Kristina -
over 4 years ago
Kim Kardashian West On Her Decade Of Multi-Platform Fame
Kim Kardashian West on Her Decade of Multi-Platform FameAs the decade began, there were reasons to be optimistic: America had elected its first black president, and despite a global recession just two years earlier, the world hadn’t cascaded into total financial collapse...continued
30 minutes read
Cameron
@Cameron -
about 3 years ago
Stefan Collini: Snakes and Ladders
It is assumed that there is an uncomplicated thing called ‘talent’ or ‘ability’, and that some people have more of it than others. It is also assumed – pretty much as a fact of nature, it seems – that some people will make more ‘effort’ and work ‘harder’ tha…
40 minutes read
Teagan
@Teagan -
almost 5 years ago
Churches As Sexual Revolution Battlefields
Churches As Sexual Revolution BattlefieldsThis just in from a reader:Three very important but seriously under reported stories came out this weekend about Evangelical churches and their responses to LGBT issues. First the PCA (a supposedly conservative evangelical Calvini...continued
19 minutes read
Kraig
@Kraig -
9 months ago
RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan: Putting the old denialist technique of bad faith “Debate me, bro!” challen...
Joe Rogan conveyed a challenge by antivax crank turned Presidential candidate RFK Jr. to vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez to "debate me, bro!" In the week since, wealthy right wingers have added money to the inducement, and through an awful op-ed by Ross Dou…
39 minutes read
Madalyn
@Madalyn -
over 4 years ago
What FDR Can Teach Democrats About Socialism
What FDR Understood About Socialism That Today’s Democrats Don’tPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in characteristic style: beaming, from the back seat of an open car. He had earned this smile. It was ...continued
18 minutes read
Devin
@Devin -
about 1 month ago
RFK Jr. Embraced a Wildly Pseudoscientific Study Linking Vaccines to Chronic Illness
Snopes investigates the power of RFK Jr.'s misinformation by following the evolution of a popular anti-vaccine talking point.
29 minutes read
Angus
@Angus -
about 4 years ago
Tombstone gunfight, sparkler spoiler, no superbloom: News from around our 50 states
From USA TODAY Network and wire reportsAlabamaColumbiana: A proposed toll bridge over Lay Lake that could spur economic development in central Alabama is drawing concerns from some residents and environmentalists. Some who live near the site on the Shelby-Talladega county...continued
37 minutes read
Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
about 2 months ago
How RFK Jr. Exploited a Bogus Study Linking Vaccines to Chronic Illness
Here's a detailed look into the evolution of a popular anti-vaccine talking point.
29 minutes read
Minnie
@Minnie -
over 4 years ago
Inside the Rise and Fall of a Migrant-Shelter Magnate
Trump's Family Separations Brought Down Juan SanchezJuan Sanchez was once hailed as a champion for social justice. Then his network of shelters started taking in children split from their relatives.AUSTIN, Texas—Juan Sanchez, the founder of America’s largest network of sh...continued
23 minutes read
Garnet
@Garnet -
about 4 years ago
Jornada del Muerto, Livestrong rebrand, Mach 8 tunnel: News from around our 50 states
From USA TODAY Network and wire reportsAlabamaMontgomery: Bicyclists are planning a ride from Selma to Montgomery to commemorate a landmark civil rights event. The Montgomery Bicycle Club will stage the ride Feb. 22 along the same 51-mile route that voting rights demonstr...continued
36 minutes read
Angus
@Angus -
over 4 years ago
The plan to mine the world’s research papers
The plan to mine the world’s research papersCarl Malamud is on a crusade to liberate information locked up behind paywalls — and his campaigns have scored many victories. He has spent decades publishing copyrighted legal documents, from building codes to court records, an...continued
19 minutes read
Jaydon
@Jaydon -
21 days ago
Fergie Chambers is Heir to One of America’s Richest Families — and Determined to See the U.S. Fall
He's a scion of wealth, a loud and proud Communist, and a “professional revolutionary” who has been on the front lines from Standing Rock to Cop City — and made plenty of enemies along the way. Now, after some uncomfortable brushes with the law, he’s moved ov…
33 minutes read
Devin
@Devin -
4 days ago
Brexit downgraded UK to ‘middle power’ status – ex-foreign secretary
Britain’s exit from the EU has relegated the country to one of many “middle powers” in the world, a former UK foreign secretary has said Read Full Article at RT.com
3 minutes read
Kristina
@Kristina -
over 1 year ago
General Belief in a Just World Is Positively Associated with Dishonest Behavior
According to the just-world theory, people need to – or rather want to – believe that they live in a just world where they will receive what they earn and consequently earn what they receive. In the present work, we examined the influence of people’s general …
34 minutes read
Oren
@Oren -
over 4 years ago
For a sustainable future, we need to reconnect with what we're eating – and each other
For a sustainable future, we need to reconnect with what we're eating – and each otherEating alone, once considered an oddity, has become commonplace for many across the Western world. Fast food chains are promoting eating on the go or "al desko". Why waste time in your b...continued
19 minutes read
Myles
@Myles -
over 4 years ago
How Kamala Harris Charmed the 1 Percenters
How San Francisco’s Wealthiest Families Launched Kamala HarrisSAN FRANCISCO—In the summer of 1999, in the monied Napa Valley north of here, a bejeweled bride rode sidesaddle on a speckled horse into what the press would label “the Bay Area’s version of an outdoor royal we...continued
22 minutes read
Leda
@Leda -
almost 5 years ago
The War on the Poor is Only Getting Worse
The War on the Poor is Only Getting WorseVera Cheeks, a resident of Bainbridge, Georgia, was ticketed for rolling through a stop sign. The judge hit her with a $135 fine and ordered her to pay in full immediately. She told him she was unemployed and caring for her termina...continued
15 minutes read
Alexie
@Alexie -
almost 5 years ago
SECURE SYNOPSIS: 28 MAY 2019
SECURE SYNOPSIS: 28 MAY 2019NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra p...continued
15 minutes read
Manley
@Manley -
over 4 years ago
I watched Unplanned so you don’t have to
I watched Unplanned so you don’t have toThe protesters hadn’t shown up yet when I walked into the first screening of Unplanned at the one Toronto theatre showing it. Death threats directed at a B.C. theatre had resulted in it cancelling screenings. In Toronto, more securi...continued
16 minutes read
Jany
@Jany -
over 4 years ago
British Fashion Exploits, Celebrates and Fetishises the Working Class. Here’s Why.
British Fashion Exploits, Celebrates and Fetishises the Working ClassLONDON, United Kingdom —At London Fashion Week, the British class system is visible everywhere. The British Fashion Council’s homepage still proudly shows Queen Elizabeth II sitting front-row, shoulder-t...continued
17 minutes read
Kraig
@Kraig -
almost 3 years ago
Imperial Delusions
In the summer of 1932 Eric Williams arrived in England from the British colony of Trinidad. Like most of the island’s population, his family was so poor that he and his eleven siblings had rarely tasted milk. But from his earliest youth his father, a disillus…
28 minutes read
Priscilla
@Priscilla -
over 1 year ago
‘Every one of us has a different story’: a historic portrait of care system success
Poet Lemn Sissay, with the help of London’s Foundling Museum, has gathered 59 athletes, artists, CEOs and others who, like him, spent part of their childhoods in care. The result is an inspiring photograph for young people in care todayIntroduction by Claire …
31 minutes read
Torey
@Torey -
over 2 years ago
Greta Thunberg: ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing els...
The world’s most famous teen activist opens up about how she’s been transformed since she started her school climate strike in 2018 Continue reading...
25 minutes read
Cyril
@Cyril -
5 months ago
The U.S.'s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave
Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive an M.D., earned while the Civil War raged, and the first Black person in the country to write a medical book, a popular guide with a preventive approach
28 minutes read
Jarod
@Jarod -
almost 4 years ago
All That Moby Needs Is To Be Good
All That Moby Needs Is To Be GoodEnlarge this image Jonathan Nesvadba/Courtesy of the artist Jonathan Nesvadba/Courtesy of the artistHere is the story of how Moby got his second neck tattoo: In early September of 2019, on the eve of his 54th birthday, the electronic music...continued
30 minutes read