Going to space is something incredible that only a tiny fraction of the world’s population has managed to accomplish. Those who accomplish this daring venture are...
Henrietta Lacks was a rural Virginian, wife and mother of five who sought treatment for cervical cancer from John Hopkins University in 1951. The hospital was...
Open up CNN.com, Huffingtonpost.com, or any other one of your favorite mainstream news sources and scroll through the main page. How many stories about a black...
This October, which is Black History Month in Great Britain, those living in the United Kingdom have an additional reason to celebrate. The British Government is...
When Dr. Evan Atar Adaha made the decision to move to Sudan on a humanitarian aid mission in 1997, everybody thought he was crazy. That’s because...
The MacArthur Genius Grant is given out every year to “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked...
The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe in Louisiana’s water-logged Isle de Jean Charles are considered America’s first climate refugees. The ocean has claimed the Isle de Jean Charles, a...
What’s in a name? A lot, actually, if you look into various traditions around the world that have developed over centuries when it comes to names....
Namibia is looking over to its neighbor South Africa and considering taking a similar path as the African economic powerhouse when it comes land re-distribution. Recently,...
How can blind people play football (known as soccer in the US)? Let these Uganda players show you! Football is...
For many, living in a less than a 500sqft house might seem impossible. For Jewel Pearson, it is the luxurious...
2020 was a very traumatic year for many reasons. One of those reasons is the rise of gun violence. In...
