The Americans with Disabilities Act helped remove many obstacles, but as with any civil rights movement, there’s still a lot of progress to be made.

The Americans with Disabilities Act helped remove many obstacles, but as with any civil rights movement, there’s still a lot of progress to be made.
Could the tale of Little Red Riding Hood be more than 2,000 years old? Find out about its evolution and the 58 different versions related to this familiar tale.
Thousands of years ago, rock paintings and etchings were the way to make your voice heard. This article proves the message is still being heard today.
It’s a good idea to start thinking about internships while at high school. What are the benefits and how might they benefit a college course?
What’s more important to you; actually enjoying the moment or taking a photo of the particular moment to show that you were enjoying it?
In an attempt to raise the minimum wage, low-wage employees have staged protests in cities across the United States.
Read why CeaseFire, the organization featured in the 2011 documentary The Interrupters, has stopped receiving funding from the Illinois legislature and about the effects that has had.
In a follow-up to his 2012 speech at Princeton University’s graduation ceremony, author Michael Lewis discusses success and luck with NewsHour journalist Jeffrey Brown in this video.
In this radio piece, Morning Edition’s Deborah Amos profiles a start-up online advertising agency in Saudi Arabia with an all-female staff.
Journalist Molly Flatt argues that there are positive relationships between nature and technology and that people can use technology to connect to nature.
Democracy may be the goal of a freedom movement or revolution, but once it’s established, people sometimes experience “dictator envy”—the wish to avoid the messiness and indecisiveness of a government by, for, and of the people.
Every four years (with an exception at the turn of most centuries), a quirk of the calendar gives us an extra day. Learn why 2016 is one of those years.
Rising from poverty in St. Louis to become an entertainment superstar in her adopted home of Paris, Josephine Baker could easily have enjoyed a life of leisurely wealth. Instead, she aided the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation of World War II and later spoke out for American civil rights.
Fast-growing kudzu vines enveloping manmade structures may be a stereotype of the American South, but the truth is more complex.
Despite the hue and cry that technology isolates people, social sciences author Howard Rheingold argues that it in fact enhances our capacity to interact with each other and together build a better world.
Read about some interesting theories related to fashion for men and women. Did nobility dictate the differences in fashion?
This is a story told by Yukiko Nishimura about the difficulties facing her and how she overcame them, having moved to the United States from Japan.
Miranda Andersen, a 13-year-old living near Vancouver, gave a TEDx speech on nature-deficit disorder in October 2012. In this article she talks about what nature means to her creativity, health, and well-being, and her passion and motivation to care for all living and natural things.
Learn about some of the technology innovations in the world of cosmetics known as beauty wearables; technology to monitor the use of sunscreen, deodorant, and more!
SOAR is an organization in Ireland which provides programs for young people aged between 10 and 18 that focus on positive life skills, self-confidence and self-esteem. Gripped by the impact of a similar project in Australia, Tony Griffin and Karl Swan were totally inspired to realize the potential of this work for Ireland’s youth. Click the left-side links for more information.