By Samuel Warde on
Entertainment, Human Interest, Jimmy Carter, Videos
Entertainment, Human Interest, Videos
Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, were captured smooching by the Atlanta Braves’ “Kiss Cam” while watching the Braves game at Turner Field. As NBC News reported, “The two were in their usual seats near the Braves dugout during a 5-0 loss to Toronto, and they received a loud cheer when shown […]
By Samuel Warde on
Human Interest, Jimmy Carter, Videos
Human Interest, Videos
Four days after announcing he has cancer, former President Jimmy Carter attended a worship session in his hometown of Plains, Georgia — his first public appearance since telling the world of his illness. WSB-TV Atlanta reports that Carter showed up at the Mranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, a little over an hour before the […]
By Samuel Warde on
Human Interest, J.K. Rowling, Serena Williams, Smackdowns, Twitter
Activism, Human Interest, Right Wing Fanatics, Smackdowns, Twitter
J.K. Rowling shut down a Serena Williams hater with one perfect tweet this weekend after posting a tweet celebrating her Wimbledon win. “I love her,” she tweeted, adding: “What an athlete, what a role model, what a woman!” One Twitter user, named Bob, responded by writing, “ironic then that main reason for her success is […]
By Kimberley Johnson on
Domestic Violence, Human Interest, Videos, Women's issues, YouTube
Domestic Violence, Human Interest, Women's Issues
Emma is a 26-year-old single mother of two from Ireland. She shares her story of abuse on YouTube and explains how the man she fell in love with cheated on her. When she found out and confronted him, he punched her in the face. In her YouTube clip, entitled “Raising a hand to a woman […]
By Samuel Warde on
Dick Cheney, History, Human Interest, The Hague, The Iraq War, War Crimes
Crime, Extremists, Foreign Policy, History, Human Interest, Law & Order, Republicans, Right Wing Fanatics, Right Wing Lies, Scandals, Social Justice, The Courts, War
Thomas Buergenthal, who served as a judge at the International Court of Justice at the Hague for ten years until his retirement in 2010, is considered by many the world’s most distinguished living specialist in international human rights law. The son of German-Jewish and Polish Jewish parents, Buergenthal was born in the former Republic of […]