Australia targets big business with world’s 2nd anti-slavery law

Source: Reuters

A 2018 law requires that companies in Australia disclose how they prevent modern-day slavery, but some citizens question its effectiveness.

He’s Supposed to Marry a Japanese Princess. Just Don’t Call Him Her Fiancé.

Source: The New York Times

Princess Mako of Japan and her fiance endure pressure from her royal family, but defy expectations.

Girl Scouts Take on Cyber Security

Source: Smithsonian Tween Tribune

Girl Scouts earning cybersecurity badges are not only preparing to combat modern threats, they may help decrease the inequality in STEM fields.

Is There Any Point to Protesting?

Source: The New Yorker

Weaving in examples throughout history, columnist Nathan Heller argues that even when marches and protests are ineffective, they are still important.

Why do we like to be scared?

Source: TEDx

Sociologist, Dr. Margee Kerr, explains what we feel when we are scared and why it’s so fun.

In the Home, a Woman’s Work Is Never Done, Never Honored, and Never Paid For

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

A Smithsonian exhibition highlights the “invisible labor” women have been doing at home for decades as conversations regarding women empowerment swarm the nation.

Does Your Mother Still Do Your Laundry?

Source: VOA News

Parents who do too much for their kids run the risk of not preparing them adequately for adulthood.

In this California classroom, students teach each other their home languages— and learn acceptance

Source: PRI

Listen to students learning each other’s languages to build acceptance in class.

Did Black Rebellion Win the Civil War?

Source: JSTOR Daily

Historians are giving credit to sociologist, W.E.B. DuBois’s idea that enslaved workers coordinated a general strike, which helped end the Civil War.

In Eastern Alabama, communities reel from tornado’s “annihilation”

Source: PBS

People reflect on what was lost during the tornadoes that ripped through Alabama, while organizing and planning to move forward.