Langston Hughes made his voice heard by writing poetry about the African American experience. One of those poems has become the core of a multimedia jazz performance, helping young people hear Hughes’s voice in a new way. Read about the performance, watch a video clip, and see pictures from a rehearsal.
Steve Mesler, a member of the 2010 Olympic gold medal-winning bobsled team, looks back on two important decisions he made years before that set him on the path to victory.
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding new ways to help end conflict around the world. In SFCG’s participatory theater program, actors interact with audiences for whom conflict is an inescapable part of everyday life. Watch this video to find out more about the program.
Americans known as abolitionists played a crucial part in the fight to end slavery in the United States. This site offers a wealth of information about abolitionists and their cause as well as art and personal narratives from former slaves.
People struggle for freedom and equal rights in many different ways. Jenny Hatch is a woman with Down syndrome who recently won the right to decide where and how she lives, after having had that right taken away from her for over a year.
For many victims of human trafficking and slavery, art can be an important part of the healing process. In this article, we learn about why art matters and how it can help.
In this article, John Brandon looks at the ways entrepreneurs may be able to tell that they are spending too much time at work—or thinking about work.
U.S. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy went to Sochi to win but is coming home with a litter of puppies and their mother. Check out this article to see how the athlete is transporting the dogs.
In this brief article, Lewis Howes gives three tips for providing value to your social network and, in return, making it more useful in your own success.
Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister, recounts her time at Auschwitz and the importance of learning from history.
One of the key factors in becoming a leader is the ability to take risks. Check out this list of attributes that define a courageous leader.
During World War II, Corrie ten Boom and her family hid hundreds of Jews from the Nazis. After they were betrayed by a fellow Dutch citizen, the entire family was imprisoned. Corrie survived and later told her story in the book The Hiding Place. Read this article to find out more about this courageous woman.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an acclaimed author and scholar. In this PBS series, he explores the family histories of twelve prominent Americans to answer these questions: What made America? What makes us? Explore the site to discover more.
Many Americans know that the United States and the Soviet Union narrowly avoided nuclear war in 1962. Very few, however, know that poet Robert Frost met with the Premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, just as the nuclear crisis got underway. Read this article by Stewart L. Udall to find out why the poet and the premier met, and discover what happened.
Pete Seeger used his music to protest and advocate for his beliefs—from the importance of cleaning up the Hudson River to fighting against Hitler. Read this article to learn more about the life of this music legend.
In this article, we take a look at some of the reasons why people need to step away from their computers and head outside.
What causes a person to seek revenge? Does revenge actually make the person feel better? Check out this article to learn about the psychology behind revenge.
A young writer explains how she left a comfortable job to become a freelance journalist who would fly into hotspots on a moment’s notice.
Instead of settling for a simple retired life, Aleksander Doba decided to kayak from Florida to Lisbon, Portugal. He is paddling his way across the Atlantic Ocean in a special kayak.
Ever wondered why some people love scary stories, frightening movies, and haunted houses? In this article, “scare specialist” Dr. Margee Kerr talks about the reasons some people enjoy being scared.
