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A really inspirational and happy video about a very creative kid. “A 9 year old boy – who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto part store – is about to have the best day of his life.”

When a therapist (Kevin Pollak) discovers he has six weeks to live he adopts a fresh method of treatment: brutal honesty. 14 minutes long.

An interesting short film about a girl and her beloved bicycle. She has really bad luck with her bike…

There is an act called the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that might be soon be made law in the United States [Update: the act was approved by the House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, signed into law by president Obama, and is in effect as of 1/1/12]. The act has provisions that label the entire […]

Pete Seeger is an American folk musician. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s he was a member of The Weavers, who topped the charts for the song Goodnight Irene. He was a prominent supporter of unions, and was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He became a popular protest musician in the 1960’s. He wrote […]

War is two groups of people fighting and killing each other, usually because of resources and/or ideology. What even gives a government the right to declare war against a foreign nation, and send people there to kill or be killed? If everyone refused to fight, there would be no war. Losing someone you love for […]

Here is a video about the history of human rights, and about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There are links to the two largest human rights organizations in the world: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. You can become involved in letter writing campaigns, documenting human rights abuses, or other activities to help protect […]