12 year-old Beau Dermott blew the judges away when she belted out an incredible rendition of Idina Menzel’s hit, “Defying Gravity,” on Britain’s Got Talent. Beau, who appropriately wore a…
“FA” was just 10 years old when her stepfather starting abusing her. By the time she was 15 and preparing to testify against him, she was suicidal, afraid, and unable…
Moved by the plight of young learners struggling to read, Taryn Lock gave up her corporate job and, with her husband, co-founded Read to Rise, an NGO that allows access…
The son of a union shop steward raised in a working class family, Papike Mohale had an idea of the direction his life and career would take when he decided…
The Saudi-led coalition supporting government forces in Yemen has said it will respect a UN-backed ceasefire which came into force on Monday. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who are trying to overthrow…
On Friday, Bruce Springsteen cancelled his upcoming show in Greensboro, North Carolina, citing his opposition to the state’s sweeping new anti-LGBTQ law. “North Carolina has just passed HB2,” Springsteen wrote…
Michael Yeltsin is a homeless man living in Cape Town – you’ll find him on Mill Street, just before heading onto the overhang connecting with De Waal Drive. He’s often…
Every morning 14-year-old Lindokwakhe Vilakati, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, has had to be carried to his chair at school by his father, where he had to stay until his…
It takes months for babies to learn to smile, but what happens when a baby is practically blind? Four-month-old Leopold Wilbur Reppond, from Seattle, suffers from oculocutaneous albinism that severely…
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“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” ― Lao-Tzu