BY: TYLER FYFE Though 9.1 billion land animals are killed yearly in the United States after being segregated from their families and incarcerated in warehouses like mass graves, this is not the reason that I chose to become a vegetarian.…
This politician brings her super-cute daughter to Parliament to prove an important point
BY: ALEX BROWN An Italian representative of the European Parliament, Licia Ronzulli, made waves in the media after sparking an important global discussion about the rights of new mothers. The funny thing is, her only method of protest is bringing…
This eco-conscious community built earth ships & never had to pay utility bills again
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS Why pay for electricity, heat, and water when Mother Nature provides wind, rain, and solar energy for absolutely free? This is the question that concerned Michael Reynolds as soon as he graduated architectural school in 1972. Reynolds…
India is handing out LED lights to its residents to save the country billions in energy costs
BY: SWIKAR OLI India’s Ministry of Power has announced a major plan to switch 20 million light bulbs to LED, which will save the country $890 billion a year. Switching to the new bulbs costs less than half of what…
These photographs show the new face of the modern family—and it’s beautiful
BY: ALEX BROWN Today’s family is far from the Leave it to Beaver image of nuclear tidiness that it once was. Tattooed moms, same-sex parents and ethnic diversity have increasingly become the face of the modern family—and it’s beautiful. From…
Life at a Japanese Internment Camp: 25 photos of racial incarceration by Ansel Adams
BY: DANIEL WATERBORNE Photos by © Ansel Adams In February 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, resulting in 110,000 Japanese-Americans being forcibly relocated to internment camps. Following Pearl Harbour, Japanese-Americans were stripped of their rights and were held subject to…
New grocery store lets you buy health food for the price of fast-food
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Follow Rob on Instagram Imagine Whole Foods at dollar-store prices—a new company called Daily Table is shifting the power back to people of lower income, so they too have the option of eating right. This has long been…
Watch what happens when people think these Bible verses are Qur’an passages
“Judge not, that ye be not judged.” (Matthew 7:1-3) This simple biblical passage is perhaps at the heart of the unspoken hypocrisy of Islamophobia. Most recently, the terrorist attacks on Paris have refuelled a cultural divide where the actions of…
An ad campaign is shaming racists by displaying their Facebook statuses on billboards
BY: JESSIE CARTWRIGHT Imagine sitting at home after work, trying to unwind and casually eating dinner aside your laptop when all of a sudden “Let’s just bomb Syria already!” comes up on your social-media feed. “What the hell…” you think,…
Silicon Valley professionals are micro-dosing LSD at work to gain “superhuman” creativity
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Silicon Valley professionals have turned to an unlikely drug to boost their creativity, enhance performance and climb the ladder of success: LSD. Their method is simple, and far from getting stoned at work—though its usage is kept…
A group of young girls are fighting for the right to do the same activities as Boy Scouts
BY: JESSICA BEUKER A group of young girls from Santa Rosa, California are fighting to become official members of the Boy Scouts of America. Several of the girls enrolled in the Girl Scouts, but they didn’t enjoy the activities they…
Erykah Badu reveals how cellphone usage is killing bees with a Hotline Bling inspired mixtape
BY: ADRIAN SMITH Erykah Badu dropped her mixtape, But You Can’t Use My Phone last Friday, ending a five-year hiatus of releasing no new music. Among the usual psychedelic sounds that surround her production, which contains smooth jazz and hip-hop…
Why genderless fashion is both a blessing and a curse
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Last week I went to a Ryerson University fashion show called Fixate. The grand total of eight minutes that the models circled the runway were filled with cutting-edge designs where dudes rocked dresses and girls paraded in…
This giant machine sucks CO2 from the atmosphere and recycles it back into gasoline
A Calgary-based company is currently working on a project that could suck massive quantities of C02 emissions right from the air. A fitting location for a company that wants to make carbon emissions obsolete. The prototype machine is currently at…
Turns out North Korean interior decorating looks like a Wes Anderson film set
BY: DANIKA MOIR Images by Oliver Wainwright Since the 1950s North Korea has maintained complete cultural isolation. From the 14th to 20th century Korea followed a policy of isolationism, believing that their culture was superior. When the country split into…
A powerful photo series shows how a young girl cares for her family with only her legs
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ The aftermath of the Vietnam War still burdens many of its people. During the war Agent Orange, a deadly chemical, was released into the country to destroy the forests and land. Approximately 4.8 million people died from…
Artist shows how costly war really is with these graphic illustrations
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The effects of war are costly—for the economy, for the environment and for humanity. Yet we still massacre each other mercilessly, and for what? Power, control, revenge, money, resources, a futile portion of Earth’s land? Gunduz Agayev’s…
Watch what happens when people are told they are beautiful from a stranger
BY: JESSICA BEUKER How do you react when a stranger calls you beautiful? Do you kindly and humbly thank them for the compliment, or do you laugh, because you think they must be joking. Maybe you blush and shy away…
Children with Down Syndrome transform into iconic art through this incredible photo series
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Often people with disabilities are only seen as their disability. This photo series featuring children with Down Syndrome allows us to see them as so much more. Soela Zani, an Albanian photographer has children with Down Syndrome…
A cancer centre designed a hospital that brings control and normality back to patients’ lives
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Hospitals are not places that conjure up feelings of warmth and comfort. No, more often they are cold, sterile, with a feeling of helplessness lingering in the air. A hospital is a stress factory, everyone is anxious…