Tag: Politics

This First Transgender Doll Aims to Educate Kids About Gender Identity

To an adult, a child's toy may appear to be nothing but a colorful piece of plastic that clutters the lounge room floor. But in reality, a simple toy can be an incredibly powerful educational tool for the young minds that engage with them. That's why a toy manufacturer in Canada has developed Sam, the world's first transgender doll. Sam is designed to educate, not...

This New Digital Urn Makes us Approach Death in a Radically Different Way

The traditions of burial and cremation after death are near universal practices that have come to be recognized as fundamentally human signs of respect for our dead. We have buried our dead for over 100,000 years and traditions of cremation stretch back 20,000 years; these are ancient signals of love, empathy, and belief in afterlife utterly unique to our species and culture. However, as...
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New York Becomes the First State to Offer Tuition-Free College

In a landmark move, New York just became the first state to offer free tuition for four-year state colleges and universities. On Sunday, the...

The U.S. Just Launched Missiles in Syria Against Assad. What’s Next?

President Trump ordered a military strike in Syria (Thursday, April 6th), launching 50-60 Tomahawk missiles towards an air base said to be responsible for the...

They Blame Mass Shootings on Mental Issues, but Killed Mental Health Coverage?

The GOP’s stance on mental health care seems a bit schizophrenic these days. After a wave of mass shootings shook our country over the...

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in China Just Became Much, Much Worse

The Trump brand has strengthened its foothold in China, with the country recently approving 38 new Trump-branded business ventures. The newly approved trademarks will...

How Trump’s Deregulations Mostly Hurt His Own Supporters

Since President Trump took office in January, nearly 100 government regulations across industries have been suspended or reversed. And a recent executive order stated...

A Heartbreaking Story of Survival is Taking the World by Storm (Video)

A young girl's harrowing tale of life in North Korea has captured the world's attention. Yeonmi Park fled the oppressive regime when she was...

This Politician Thinks Punishing Abortion Would Make Women ‘More Responsible for Sex’

In January of this year, member of the Texas House of Representatives Tony Tinderholt introduced Bill 948, otherwise known as a proposition to abolish...

ACLU & Famous Startup Accelerator Team Up Against Trump in Unlikely Partnership

Y Combinator is a big name in Silicon Valley, known as the venture capital company with a hand in helping ambitious startups like Airbnb,...

People Were Scared Trump’s Presidency Would Bring Racism out of the Woodwork. It is.

The 2016 U.S. presidential election will likely go down in the history books as one of the ugliest and most controversial in the United...

Should Kellyanne Conway be Blacklisted From the Media? CNN Seems to Think So

Speaking a few days ago with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews in defense of President Trump’s widely-derided immigration ban, senior advisor to the president Kellyanne Conway had...

How Trump’s Hiring Freeze is Hurting U.S. Veterans

The week following Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States has been one fraught with chaos and controversy. Amidst blocking federal funding...

Trump’s Immigration Policy: Who Needs Facts When You Have Lies

In the lead up to this year’s election, we have heard a lot of numbers bandied around when it comes to immigration. It’s hard...