July is Disability Pride Month! For the past 36 years, July has been an important month for the disability community. The Americans With Disabilities Act was passed on July 26th, 1990. That year, ...
Evan Speigel, co-founder and CEO of Snap, Inc., the company that owns Snapchat, along with his wife, Australian model Miranda Kerr, have just announced a partnership to relieve $550 million in medical ...
Sea Turtle Week runs from June 8 to June 16, starting with World Ocean Day and ending on World Sea Turtle Day. And this year, the Loggerhead Marinelife Center of Juno Beach, Florida celebrated the ...
When most people think of animals that support grueling search and rescue efforts in the wake of disasters, crime, or conflict, they picture dogs. And those canines can really make a difference. But ...
For three nights of Winter Pride St. Pete — a February event celebrating LGBTQ+ pride in St. Petersburg, Florida — residents could look up and see rainbow lasers dancing across the sky. It was a ...
There’s a role for everyone in the fight against tyranny. Yes, even the knitters and crocheters. Craftivism, or the act of using handicrafts, art, and textiles as a form of activism, is just one way ...
In Olivehurst, California, a town a bit north of Sacramento, a new “micro-community” of homes hopes to do it all: Resist climate change, provide affordable housing, and act as a blueprint to scale 3D ...
In late October, a group of 19 Buddhist monks set off for a 2,300-mile trek across the United States, beginning in Fort Worth Texas, with a final destination of Washington, D.C. Their mission? To ...
Massachusetts is home to 13,000 acres of cranberry bogs, making it the second-largest cranberry-producing region in the U.S. and the third-largest in the world. The bright, red berries are the state’s ...
The death of a pet leaves behind a devastating emptiness in the lives of the people who love them. Often, aggrieved pet owners are only left with the comfort that “all dogs go to heaven,” or a ...
Earlier this week, a photo of a large transgender pride flag hanging atop the famous face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park made the rounds. Reports shared that the 55-by-35-foot flag was hung ...
Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old running for Congress in Illinois’ 9th congressional district, isn’t shy about her belief that politicians need to do things differently. “We have a representation ...