Texas Republicans are obsessed with liberty. Sid Miller is one of those Republicans, and as state agriculture commissioner, he believes the state's ban on fried food and soda machines in Texas schools is wrong because...
We have been debating about vaccines a lot over the last few years. People who are against the vaccines claim that they cause autism. Studies have proven that this is false, but people are still...
Baby yoga - it's a thing. Really. I heard about it and, of course, had to watch the video. Well, I tried to watch the video got half way through and had to turn it...
Cara Anna had tried to commit suicide twice when she realized she needed help. Out of shame and fear of losing her job as a foreign correspondent in China, she had never asked for help...
This article was originally published on AlterNet and is reprinted on Liberal America with the permission of the author.?
In ?The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?? (New York Review of Books, 2011), Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief...
During the Values Voters Summit this past weekend, retired pediatric neurosurgeon turned Fox News contributor Dr. Ben Carson gave a speech about health care and the how precious life is. What was odd about his...
Crystal Deans was a dancer for three years until she began to feel really bad about herself and it became something she "didn't really wanna do anymore." Now? She helps Christian women get into shape...
Go Ann Arbor! Ann Arbor, Michigan has raised the smoking age to 21. There is a national movement growing to raise the age from 18 to 21. Ann Arbor approved this ordinance on Thursday, and...
As the senior senator of one of the several states hit hardest by the heroin epidemic, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) knows the harsh realities addiction to this drug brings. Rather than fighting the problem with the...
Most of the world has heard of popular author J.K Rowling, who penned the best-selling Harry Potter series. The seven-book series catapulted to the top of best-seller lists and has since been transformed into a...
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Being happy. It'seems like such an easy thing to do. So why is it that so many of us find ourselves saying "I'm just not happy"?
The biggest reason people are unhappy is because...
Alan Ranta, a music writer from Vancouver, had a hard time in the country this week. He was driving to Washington State to visit a music festival. At the border between the U.S. and Canada, he...
Two law professors and ?the assistant director of a vaccine program at a children's hospital?recently wrote?a research paper that makes an interesting?proposal: if a family chooses not to vaccinate their child or children, and does...
Karma is a lovely thing. For instance, had Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli not been brazen enough to gouge the prices of not one, but two critical drugs, we would have never known that he was...
Dr. Stephen Hawking did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Sort of. He explains in this video that he had pneumonia last year, and the challenge could be risky for him. How he did it is...
New study proves that people who have faith in religion suppresses the analytical portions of the brain. Before you close this story, hear me out.
The dictionary definition of faith is "strong belief and trust in...
"What It's Like To Work At A Suicide?Hotline" was originally posted at Thought Catalog. Liberal America has?reprinted it with the permission of the author, Virginia?Aprahamian.?
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What It's Like To Work At A Suicide Hotline
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There is no shortage of encouragement and benevolence all around us during this global pandemic.
People get it we are all in this together.
No one embodies this sentiment more than those on the front line, like...
To Donald Trump and the GOP:
Ever since President Barack Obama passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, you guys have been wanting to repeal it. Yes, it may not be perfect, but it has...
Depression is a terrible disease. The hopelessness, the guilt, the apathy, or just the overwhelming sadness is brutal. Many people with depression also experience physical symptoms as well: headaches, muscle pain, chest pain, digestion problems,...
