Last week, they were roaming the streets and pulling dumb pranks. This week, they set their sights on the homeless and did this. Read more: http://upworthy.com/what-these-two-pranksters-did-to-homeless-people-will-make-you-say-wow
As a young kid, Nicholas visited homeless shelters with his mom. He saw how much not having shoes that fit properly affected the kids: They couldn’t participate in sports, missed school, and felt badly about themselves. So before he was even a teenager, Nicholas did something about it. Read more: http://upworthy.com/the-one-where-a-teen-has-hundreds-of-shoes-and-does-something-ridiculously-cool-with-them
Foster care is supposed to be a place where kids can get help, recover from past trauma, and maybe begin to trust adults again. For these kids, it was the opposite, and it was a nightmare. Until Detective Jack Mook came along. Read more: http://upworthy.com/at-first-i-thought-these-kids-were-in-trouble-to-this-cop-theyre-a-joy
The Internet can be a cesspool of hate and vain self-promotion — but sometimes it’s just the opposite. I want the Internet to become a better, nicer place; so here are a few tweets I stumbled across that I found meaningful enough to share. Caution: some of these tweets may contain strong language and good…
I don’t know what to find more horrifying — the idea that people still habitually abuse helpless animals, or that this is how parts of our country want to treat the people who try to stop it. WARNING: This video contains some disturbing footage. But most of it is just Bill Moyers talking about something…
At first glance, I was all, “Awww cute animals! Charming landscape!” But when I heard what TransCanada is planning to build right through that charming landscape, my reaction was more: Be sure to stick around past 0:46 to see more adorable anim… I mean, to hear about the farmers’ inspiring story of resistance. Seriously though.…
640,00schoolkids and their teachers were ordered to stay at home todayfollowing a credible terror threat. The LAPD have confirmed thatevery single schoolin the Los Angeles Unified SchoolDistrict the second largest district in theUSA were closed, following the threat which is said to have come from overseas. As a result of this threat, all 1,200 schools…
At the first beat of his drum, I’m already starting to dance along. The beatboxing at 0:47 is also pretty rad. But when the lyrics start at 2:35? BOOM. This is none other than SupaMan, a resident of Montana and member of the Crow Nation, otherwise known as Apsaalooké in the Siouan language. He’s a…