I'm going to try to finish writing this without tearing up. It probably won't happen though.?I was tagged in the video below?on my Facebook feed earlier. After checking it out, I think the entire world...
When a disgusting video came to light showing members of the University of Oklahoma's chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity singing a song in which they vowed that no "n-words" would ever be allowed among...
While the approval ratings of the President and those who want his job are always changing, most of America loves the first lady.
Of course there have been the ignorant racist idiots who just can't accept...
After devoting virtually no time at all to the Josh Duggar scandal, Fox News Channel seems to have taken on the role of the PR agency for America's famous babymakers. Megyn Kelly, for instance, echoed...
At Beau Biden's funeral, President Obama gave an emotional and touching eulogy to honor the great life of Vice President Joe Biden's son who passed away last week of brain cancer. He was only 46...
Though society often harshly judges those with criminal backgrounds who have been incarcerated, few actually take the time to help ex-convicts turn their lives around. Because of this, the rate of repeat offenders has continued...
It's not news that Donald Trump has forced a number of sane Republicans out of the GOP--and in some cases, pushed them all the way into the arms of the Democrats. But it's not every...
When the surveillance pictures of Dylann Roof, the man suspected of being the gunman in a racially-motivated bloodbath in a Charleston church, were first released on Thursday morning, I immediately figured he'd be spotted somewhere...
In the midst of the horrific events of the last few days, we have focused on what happened and who is to blame. It is hard to process and accept this kind of evil in...
One of the worst moments in the aftermath of last weekend's horrific events in Charlottesville, Virginia came on Sunday morning. Daily Stormer, one of the most--if not the most--rabidly neo-Nazi sites on the Internet, got the...
If Donald Trump thought that he could cow the NFL into submission by demanding that any players who kneel during the national anthem be fired, he was sadly mistaken. Sunday saw dozens of players openly...
When I stumbled across a video George Takei shared last year as a guest curator on Upworthy, I knew it had to be worth watching. I wasn't wrong either.
The video, a segment from the show What...
Sometimes it feels as if the bad guys are winning. It can be increasingly difficult to find any positive news out there.
Stories of anti-Muslim attacks, anti-gay attacks, and increasing xenophobia are dominating the news.
Now the...
Lately, whenever we see tragedy in this country, it's only a matter of time before one or more religious right personalities stick their feet in their mouths and jam them in deep. Last weekend's carnage in Charlottesville,...
As Londoners heard of a nearby terrorist attack and ran for their lives, one man clung tightly to his beer. That TwitPic has since gone viral as a symbol of their resilience.
London Bridge
Less than two weeks...
High school students in Kansas City, MO did not appreciate the Westboro Baptists coming to protest a transgender teenager, and they showed their support for her in a spectacular fashion.
The so-called Westboro "Christians" had come...
Just two words inspired this beautiful reaction by a photographer conducting a social experiment.
You may recall that at a white supremacist rally last week protesting the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina State House grounds, a black state trooper happened to see one of...
For much of 2013 and 2014, a woman in Irving, Texas was bombarded with robocalls from Time Warner Cable about a past-due bill. There was just one problem--Time Warner Cable was calling the wrong number,...
If there is one thing every black male in America can understand, it's how it feels to be pre-judged. No matter how you look or behave, you are automatically labeled and categorized.
Often times people just...
