Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream Speech” – August 28, 1963 “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolicContinue Reading
The chances of a dog found on the streets ending up in a stable, happy forever home are, sadly, pretty slim. If you’re a dog like Oscar, who, for reasons unknown, is paralyzed, those chances drop nearly to zero.Oscar was staring at those odds when he was picked up byContinue Reading
It’s a long journey from a fun-loving pro-wrestler to a stay-at-home dad caring for a child who can’t talk or walk and depends on him around the clock. Watching over his softly silent 7-year-old daughter, Steven Sharp calls her birth in 2006 both the greatest and the worst day ofContinue Reading
On most summer Saturdays, Nia Cardoze practices her forehand at the tennis courts outside Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses, alongside other kids from the sprawling public housing complex. “I want to become the No. 1 player in the world,” said Cardoze, who is 10 years old. Cardoze is a member of the Kings CountyContinue Reading
Battling cancer is certainly difficult, but a variety of new feel-good fashions have hit the patient market, hoping to help ease a portion of the process. From hip sleeve garments that cover lymphedema arm swelling to chic radiation robes called Radiant Wraps, cancer and chronically ill patients can now faceContinue Reading
Brenda Palms Barber’s honey-products program, Sweet Beginnings, has hired 275 recently released inmates since 2007, giving these men from one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Chicago a second chance. These men, exiting the state prison system with little formal education or job skills, are being taught the art ofContinue Reading
Imagine hearing a child recite their ABC’s at just 4 months old, and also count in Spanish and English by 1 ½! 4-year-old Anala Beevers never leaves her home without her map of America, which she can also recite every State and State Capital. She was invited to join MENSAContinue Reading
Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and Captain America took some time out from fighting crime to surprise and greet sick children at the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The Northeastern Building Maintenance Systems crew is contracted to washing the windows at the hospital, and decided to treat the children to something specialContinue Reading
Tim Harris has an amazing story of inspiration and hope. How many people can say they own their own restaurant, and also have WAY more gold medals than Olympian Michael Phelps?! Just hours after Tim was born, doctors told his parents that he had Down Syndrome, and many friendsContinue Reading
Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital say it is too soon to call it a “cure”, but they have seemingly eradicated two patients of HIV. How did they do it? With bone marrow transplants. The two patients had the virus for roughly 30 years. They both developed a type ofContinue Reading