Here’s a little positivity for the start of 2015. According to the Department of Labor (DOL), more than 2.95 million jobs were created last year. The latest figures confirm that 2014 was America’s best year of job growth since 1999. And economists believe 2015 will see similar numbers, if not better. From CNN Money: The […]
Here’s some positivity. President Obama proposed two years of free community college for American workers late Thursday. Earlier that day, the president announced the proposal would be coming in a video uploaded to Facebook. “Put simply, what I’d like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for anybody who’s […]
Now, this is cute. Forget all the fuss about the very first baby born in 2015, there’s another infant whose birth made the news on Jan. 1. Autumn Rain Stover wasn’t the first or last baby born on Thursday at the University Hospitals Macdonald Women’s Hospital in Ohio, but she was born on the same day […]
This year seemed to be a turning point for social, domestic, and discriminatory issues, with more and more people coming together to fight injustice, or just to honor each other with awesome acts of kindness. While there were a lot of mediocre moments in 2014, plenty of folks were either caught placing their kind acts on social media, […]
A mother’s Christmas turned into the ultimate holiday miracle when two transit officers helped deliver her baby on a subway car in Philadelphia. As the woman went into labor on the subway, Sgt. Daniel Caban and Officer Dorrell James of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) boarded the train following the emergency call. After calming the parents down, the […]
This story will make anyone smile. Addie Fausett, a terminally ill 6-year-old girl from Fountain Green, Utah, made a simple Christmas wish about wanting to know that she had friends. Thanks to thousands of people, her wish came true. In hopes of making Addie’s Christmas very special and memorable, her family began a Facebook campaign […]
They found love in a seemingly hopeless place. Alexis Templeton and Brittany Ferrell tied the knot on Tuesday after meeting in Ferguson while protesting against the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson. According to BuzzFeed, the women are members of Millennial Activists United, a group dedicated to bringing down racial injustices, sexism, and many other social issues. […]
Two doctors, an ambulance driver, a nurse, and a health care worker who tackled the deadly Ebola virus have all been named TIME’s 2014 “Person of the Year.“ Collectively named the “Ebola Fighters,” the group of caregivers were chosen for their bravery, dedication, and hard work in combating Ebola and caring for the thousands of people who fell ill […]
Despite all that’s going on in the country right now, there are still a lot of decent people bringing back that feeling of hope. The California Department of Social Services closed the Valley Springs Manor Residential Care Facility for the Elderly in October of 2013 due to violations, and 16 of the residents were not […]
Go on, hurl all your “throw like a girl” insults. We’ll gladly take them. Thanks to Mo’ne Davis, the 13-year-old breakout star at the 2014 Little League Series with a 70-mph fastball, girls and boys everywhere are challenging gender norms while fearlessly following their dreams. But Mo’ne can add more than inspirational figure to her resume. Mo’ne was […]
How cute is this?! Twin brothers from Wolverhampton, England defied odds of 150,000 to 1 when they both became fathers on the same day…and both to baby boys. The partners of Jarrell and Jeromme Spence gave birth just two and a half hours apart from each other on Monday morning. According to the Telegraph: Jeromme and his […]
