Japan has always been refugee-averse. Then Ukraine happened.
Source: Washington Post
Japan is taking huge strides to aid Ukrainian refugees, which could lead to policy changes in the future.
People
How Watching a Good Deed Elevates and Inspires
Source: Psychology Today
You might do a good deed for someone else just because it’s the right thing to do. Research shows, though, that you’re more likely to do that good deed if you’ve recently seen someone else do a good deed. This article discusses the infectiousness of altruism.
What makes a hero?
Source: BBC
This article examines some of the traits that allow people to act heroically or prevent them from doing so.
5 Ways to Find Career Ideas
Source: The College Board
Do you already know what kind of career you want to pursue? Then you are lucky—and unique. If, like most of your peers, you don’t know “what you want to be when you grow up,” consider the helpful tips in this article.
To the South Pole and Back – The Hardest 105 days of my life
Source: TED
Ben Saunders talks about his epic, 105-day trek to the South Pole and back; the same route taken by Captain Scott on his ill-fated 1912 expedition.
Abigail Adams Biography
Source: Biography
Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, served as an unofficial advisor to the second president of the United States. She also fought for the right of married women to own personal property.
U.S. Immigration Before 1965
Source: HISTORY
Read about the waves of immigration in the United States and why people chose this country to start new lives in.
Holocaust survivors reunite with the woman who cared for them after the war
Source: The Washington Post
Andra and Tatiana Bucci, who were 4 and 6 years old when they were taken to a concentration camp, traveled to the U.S. as adults to reunite with their former caregiver, a kind woman they called “Manna.” Read this article about the reunion.
A Conversation with Sir Patrick Stewart
Source: PBS
In 2010, a modern version of The Tragedy of Macbeth appeared on PBS’s Great Performances. The star of that groundbreaking production, Sir Patrick Stewart, discusses the choices he and director Rupert Goold made to bring Shakespeare’s work to life on the small screen.
Muckraking Journalist Jacob Riis and Gilded Age New York City
Source: C-SPAN
This lecture by Professor Daniel Czitrom from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts gives an overview of Jacob Riis. Watch the clips at the following marks for a look at some of Riis’s work and to get a sense of his purpose and relevance today: 20:38–25:10, 36:35–38:40, 45:02–47:35, and 50:56–52:16.