Is our failure to act based in a covert belief that White life is more valuable than Black life?

I vividly remember my younger brother's first month because it coincided with my family's move to a new state. I was 4.5 years old at the time, and my mother left him with my aunt and my 9 month-old cousin and took me to a public sprinkler pad as a special treat for being a big sister.

When the first pictures of Hurricane Katrina flashed on television in 2005, media used “refugee” to describe those displaced residents.

When we hear about a disaster such as the recent earthquakes in China, the Myanmar cyclone, or the tornadoes in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Georgia, we want to help.

Is free speech a human right?

Google says no.

When I think of McDonalds, I have a clear image of what to expect. Fast service. Yes. Mass production. Yes. High quality. Ummm...not so much. I was kind of surprised, therefore to read about the Aravind Eye care System whose founder, Dr.G. Venkataswamy (Dr.

Are Darfuris and Tibetans not human?

At least 200,000 are thought to have died and more than 2.5 million more are believed to have fled their homes in the face of atrocities and the destruction of villages in the Darfur region of oil-rich Sudan.

For 1 in 6 of the world's population, simple things like shoes are a luxury. The funny-looking plastic shoe company, Crocs, is looking to change that. Earlier this year, they launched Solesunited, a program that benefits several fold. First, they'll take back your old, worn out Crocs and recycle them along with all their factory scraps!