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6-Year-Old Says No To Bullying With Sweet Back-To-School Shirt

Image by Unfading adornments (Facebook), via HuffPost Article by Caroline Bologna, Huffpost A 6-year-old boy named Blake is highlighting the power of kindness and friendship just in time for back-to-school season. Last week, Blake’s mother, Nikki Rajahn, posted a photo of her son wearing a shirt that says “I...

Help efforts to fight the Ebola crisis

Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Europe Article by Amy Chillag via CNN.com The second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has taken the lives of more than 1,800 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Save the Children reports that the virus has killed hundreds of children, and...

Builders swap cement for weed to reduce pollution

Photo by Todd Korol( BLOOMBERG NEWS) Article by Bloomberg News, via DAILY REPUBLIC The hemp fields sprouting in a part of Canada best known for its giant oil patch show how climate change is disrupting the construction industry. Six years after setting up shop in the...

Climate Change Is Scaring Kids. Here’s How to Talk to Them.

Photo by Lorie Shaull via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Article by Laura M. Holson, via The New York Times Hollywood has produced quite a few fictionalized depictions of dramatic climate change. Scores of people die after Manhattan freezes in 2004’s “The Day After Tomorrow.” In “Geostorm,” released...

Illinois Becomes The Latest State To Legalize Marijuana

Photo by Lokal_Profil via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.5) Article by Jade via The Shade Room Illinois has now become the 11th state to officially legalize marijuana. The news was announced Tuesday after the state’s new Democratic governor signed a bill legalizing its use. According to ABC News, the Illinois General...