Tag: Society

Youngest Polar Explorer Has the Perfect Response For Sexist Trolls

Think back to where you were as a 16-year-old. Perhaps you had just received your driver's license. You were having your first kiss. You were trying not to fail Advanced Algebra. Jade Hameister is also 16, and this past January, she became the youngest person in history to complete the Polar Hat Trick, traversing the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland ice sheet. Her Record-Breaking...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Sets His Sights On Terminating Big Oil

Arnold Schwarzenegger might have taken over the primary role of Donald Trump's TV series The Apprentice for one season, but make no mistake, he isnt' on board with the president's agenda. In fact, the former California governor isn't going after just Trump, but after the entire oil industry. “We’re going to go after them, and we’re going to be in there like an Alabama tick,"...
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Baltimore Police Kept Toy Guns to Plant Evidence on Unarmed People

On Monday, a federal jury convicted Baltimore Police Officers Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor on counts of racketeering, conspiracy, and robbery. Hersl and Taylor...

10 Black People Who Are Making History in 2018

All of the people listed below, and so many more that could not be fit on this list, deserve more than a month's recognition...

The Netherlands Are Turning Empty Prisons Into Homes for Refugees

A cement cell might seem like the last place a Syrian refugee would want to sleep, but that's exactly what hundreds of refugees are...

The 10 Biggest Threats to Humanity in 2018

Remember at the end of 2016 when we were all like "Well, that was awful, at least it can't get any worse"? How naive...

10 Positive News Stories You Missed This Month

Let's not kid ourselves, 2017 was a rough year in many ways. It's a new year though, and already 2018 is looking like an...

The 10 Brightest Moments of 2017 That Give Us Hope for the Future

2017 saw more than its fair share of ugly politics, party line divisions, and inappropriate politicians, and has certainly not been America’s brightest, smoothest...

15 People Who Give Us Hope For a Better 2018

2017 hasn't exactly been the smoothest year in recent memory. Thankfully, for every tragic and ugly event that finds its way into the news,...

China is Creating a “Social Score” to Rate Citizens and it’s Terrifying

In the first episode of the most recent season of Charlie Brooker's hit dystopian drama Black Mirror, he imagines a society in which every...

This Guy Tweaks Iconic Images to Comment on Modern Society – And Make People Think

Francesco Vullo toys with familiar images of pop culture in a way that is both playful and provocative. His work frames everyday objects in...

The Top 100 Photos of 2016 by TIME Magazine

Each year, Time Magazine curates the top 100 photographs captured throughout the 12 months preceding. The images that make the cut are chosen for...

This Fake News Provider Doesn’t Think he’s Doing Anything Wrong

"Is it okay to shout 'fire' in a crowded movie theater if afterwords you whisper 'just kidding'?" It's that line from a Full Frontal With...

#CocksNotGlocks: Why Texas Students Carry Dildos on Campus

When a new law began permitting the concealed carry of personal firearms on campus in August 2016, University of Texas (UT) at Austin students...