Black 14-year-old carrying a puppy tackled and choked by police for giving...
New cell phone footage shows Miami-Dade Police officers aggressively pinning an unarmed teen to the ground while choking him. His alleged crime: giving the officers “dehumanizing stares” and “clenching...
View ArticleYou Know That Rule About Giving Too Much Away On The First Date? Some Folks...
Catcalls are the usual, but this comedian elaborates on a COMPLETELY different level of getting a gal’s attention. The post You Know That Rule About Giving Too Much Away On The First Date? Some Folks...
View ArticleFacebook Denies Giving NSA Direct Access To Its Servers
Another day, another shocking report about the extent of the National Security Agency’s reach into the communications of American citizens. On Thursday evening, the Washington Post and the Guardian...
View ArticleHalf of Doctors Admit Giving Placebos
About half of doctors admit to intentionally deceiving patients by prescribing placebos, but might the ends justify the means? A controversial paper was published in the American Journal of Bioethics...
View ArticleWomen Charged $5 Per Scream While Giving Birth
The Washington Post has spotted an almost too-hard-to-believe nugget from an international report on corruption: A hospital in Zimbabwe charges women $5 for every time they scream during labor. In...
View ArticleUS Warns Russia Against Giving Snowden Asylum
A report that whistleblower Edward Snowden is seeking temporary asylum in Russia has sparked a flurry of public warnings from US officials that Snowden is seeking a “propaganda platform” and that...
View ArticleCan You Imagine Getting Up In Front Of The Entire World And Giving This Speech?
You might have heard of Malala Yousafzai, the young woman who was shot by the Taliban for speaking up for educational rights, survived the attacks, and is now a champion for young people and...
View ArticleThe NSA is giving your phone records to the DEA
A day after we learned of a draining turf battle between the NSA and other law enforcement agencies over bulk surveillance data, it now appears that those same agencies are working together to cover up...
View ArticleHow Giving Into Joy Can Save Your Life
Recently, I was blessed to be able to spend an hour on the phone with my “shero” and mentor Brené Brown. We had so much giddy fun on our teleclass about the intersection of vulnerability and health,...
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