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Born a slave in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Bailey) quickly proved that he was a man ahead of his time. Even as a kid, Douglass was precocious and quick to speak his mind. After the wife of the man who he served taught him the alphabet, he began secretly studying rhetoric and the speeches of famous orators. At…
You may have stumbled across JP Sears’ comedy videos taking loving pokes at ‘New Age’ lifestyles. He’s a Youtube sensation who first caught the eye of folks online in 2013. Now, with more than 600k subscribers, he makes fun of everything from the essential oil fad, gluten intolerance, astrology, and Bitcoin. His jokes are good—sometimes too good—and make us question ourselves…
Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone grew up playing baseball with the neighborhood kids, quickly earning the nickname Tomboy Stone. She was the first girl to land a position in the St. Peter Claver Catholic Church boys’ baseball team and went on to become the first of three women to become professional baseball players. In 1953, Stone signed with the professional ‘Negro…
Sadie Barnette maybe can’t spin straw into gold, be she did turn the documents the FBI had on her Black Panther dad into a rhinestone-clad work of art. It’s called ‘Do Not Destroy’. Talk about reclaiming identity. Her father was Rodney Barnette, a Black Panther and community advocate. After returning from the Vietnam War he was shocked with the injustice…
Dorothy Day held a terminal belief that no matter one’s politics or religion, they should always be built around empathy and compassion. Pretty much from the get-go this was how she lived her 83 years. Born in 1897, her curious and happily rebellious streak first took the form of civil disobedience in her teens. She hung around the socialist and…
B Corps, for the uninitiated, are essentially for-profit companies certified to have met comprehensive standards of social and environmental criteria, accountability, and transparency. These businesses are collective effort to make voting with your dollar a little easier and more effective. Here are a few B Corps we want to make sure you know about: • Alaska Glacial Mud Co. Before founding Alaskan…
High school drop-outs are reportedly unqualified for 90% of US jobs, a staggering statistic that leaves those on the lower end of the economic spectrum with little chance to move up. The non-profit BUILD is making sure that students not only finish high school but have the skills to push their own entrepreneurial ideas in the real world. Skill number…
Here’s our latest Q&A with the effervescent 24-year-old illustrator and journalist, Hana Shafi. She’s a Toronto-based badass whose Instagram is making ripples across the Internet with her art focused on affirmations and cultivating empathy. Read on, and then go follow her. ★ ★ ★ Tell me a little about who you are and where you’re from? I’m a freelance artist and…
A group of dogged Bay Area-based innovators recently launched an app called They2ze, created by LGBTQ folks at YTH (an organization bridging youth health and technology). Funded by the National Library of Medicine, They2ze connects folks in the Bay Area with access to vetted health and HIV resources and best practices. Their core belief is that everyone deserves access to…
Fashion Designer Sky Cubacub has been fantasizing about gender-inclusive fashion since they were 13. Now, at age 24, they have a clothing line built around that very goal. Rebirth Garments offers clothing and accessories for people of every body type and gender. “I’m a queer, trans person with disabilities,” Cubacub (who uses they/them pronouns) told Newsy. After considering whether to…
