What does fox say? // viral video sparks controversy
What does fox say? It’s an age-old question that Norwegian duo Ylvis is attempting to answer in its latest music video. The group is comprised of Bård and Vegard Ylvisåker, and simply put, they’re weird. Surprisingly, the video has already racked up nearly 2.5 million views – and counting – since it was uploaded three […]
A different kind of TEDxTalk Tuesday // The Last Lecture
Today I’m breaking my own rules to bring you a video that looks like a TEDxTalk, sounds like a TEDxTalk, but isn’t actually a TEDxTalk. Ever since a group of us interns sat riveted watching this video last week, I decided to throw it back to 2008, when a brilliant professor at Carnegie Melon University […]
Obal Denis’s faceless portraits of northern Uganda
We recently came across a collection of photographs, discovered in Gulu, Uganda, by Italian photographer Martina Bacigalupo. New York Times columnist Maya Lau, describes the discovery: Visiting the town of Gulu in northern Uganda, the Italian photographer Martina Bacigalupo happened upon discarded portraits with the subjects’ faces removed. They led her to the Gulu Real […]
Reblog // The unfinished business of the 1963 march on Washington
Interesting infographic via Upworthy:
Redeem the dream // The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” These words were spoken exactly 50 years ago today by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the legendary March on Washington – a demonstration that remains in American history […]
TedxTalk Tuesdays / / The art of asking
We ask a lot of our supporters. In 2012, we asked you to make Joseph Kony famous, and you made him viral. At the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit, we asked you to pledge to fundraise for #zeroLRA – and not only did you promise to raise $2.4 million over the coming months, but you raised […]
5 things I learned in my early twenties
Last week I turned 24. I didn’t make a big deal of it, because frankly, turning 24 isn’t that big of a deal. 21? That’s a big deal. 25? Also a big deal. 24? Not so much. But then someone reminded me that 24 is the beginning of a person’s mid-twenties, and therefore the end […]
Clerk prevents school shooting by sharing her story
When a gunman walked into an elementary school near Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, Antoinette Tuff, a school clerk in the same building as the gunman, did not scream, plead, or call for help. She did not even duck under her desk for cover. Antoinette saw in the gunman’s eyes that he was prepared to kill […]
14-year-old activist stands up for GMO food labeling
Allow me to shatter your conception of teenagers by introducing you to Rachel Parent. At age 14, Parent has become an activist for the cause of GMO (genetically modified organisms) food labeling, founding the fundraiser Kids Right to Know GMO Walk. Most recently, Parent gained Internet fame – and international respect – for cooly debating […]