By Samuel Warde on December 4, 2013
Human Interest, Inspirational, Videos
Human Interest, Videos
An organization for the disabled called Pro Infirmis created a series of mannequins that were displayed in the store fronts of Zurich’s main downtown street, Bahnhofstrasse, in honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Monday. The project is entitled: “Because Who Is Perfect? Get Closer.” Director Alain Gsponer captured the campaign in a […]
By Samuel Warde on November 22, 2013
Activism, Human Interest, Videos
Activism, Human Interest, Labor, Videos
The labor advocacy group Low Pay Is Not OK is targeting McDonald’s for their online employee website, McResource, which advises employees to “consider returning unopened purchases” or to try “Selling some of your unwanted possessions” to pay off holiday debt. A screenshot if the McResource Line website published by Low Pay Is Not OK reads: […]
By Samuel Warde on November 21, 2013
Human Interest, Videos
Children, Extraordinary People, Human Interest, Videos
Neha Ramu from Surbiton in south-west London is only 13 – but she is already a genius, with a higher IQ than Stephen Hawking. She scored 162 in a Mensa IQ test for people under 18, the highest possible mark – putting her in the top one percent of the UK’s brightest people. Any score […]
By Samuel Warde on November 14, 2013
Human Interest, Inspirational, Videos
Entertainment, Human Interest, Videos
Taranza Mckelvin is only 5-years-old and has been interested in marching bands ever since he saw one in a video. As reported by WPTV, “I watched some of the band videos and it teaches me moves,” said Mckelvin. So, the 5-year-old decided to practice with Glades Central High School last summer at band camp. “I […]
By Samuel Warde on November 13, 2013
Climate change, Human Interest, Videos
Activism, Climate/Nature, Human Interest, Speeches, Videos, World News
After Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the Philippines, climate change representative Yeb Sano pleaded with the world to take immediate, drastic action to reduce climate change-causing carbon dioxide emissions in an emotional speech at the UN’s climate meeting in Warsaw, Poland. “I speak for the countless people who will no longer be able to speak for […]