Am I crazy in thinking this is so obviously wrong? I really struggle to think how a person at any stage of this process is OK with sending a child to prison with adults. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAJFWYFPgH0?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315] Read more: http://upworthy.com/how-bad-were-these-100000-kids-that-courts-had-them-sent-to-adult-prisons-the-reason-disgusts-me
The Nerd? Hank Green. The Suit? Hank Green. The topic? Net neutrality. WAIT! Don’t roll your eyes and click away. You don’t even want to know about one of the most important things ever? I’m begging you to hit play and learn some stuff. Please? It’s only freedom of information that’s at stake. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc2aso6W7jQ?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315]…
No, this video wasn’t shot in a developing country. It’s set in New York. I know; I couldn’t believe it either. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQc711RzP8?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/you-wont-believe-this-video-was-shot-in-america-4
This video sure has a good point about humanity’s baser instincts. Why can’t we overcome them? [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkNlGuW-0g8?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] To be fair: Google apparently has worked to change their system to prevent these types of things from coming up in autocomplete. But it isn’t Google’s fault anyway; it’s more the popular opinion using Google for those…
The world’s love of chocolate borders on irrational. What is truly irrational — and sad, unjust, enraging — are the conditions under which some of it is made. Share this video and end this injustice once and for all. Thousands of children’s lives depend on it. There is so much to be disturbed about in this video…
I know you don’t like talking about nature stuff, but all I need is three minutes. This video is the clearest explanation of what will happen to the Great Barrier Reef if people don’t learn about it. There’s this company called Adani that has pretty bad business practices. At 1:00, the video explains exactly how…
No good comes from losing people to gun violence and keeping silent about it. The good comes from making the right changes in the aftermath. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FCBEMX4KU?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315] Read more: http://upworthy.com/one-of-the-most-compelling-stories-from-a-school-shooting-survivor
In response to the killing of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri, and the biased media coverage of the victim that followed, young people of color on social media began wondering how they might be portrayed if the same happened to them. These pictures are powerful reminders of how stories get told in America.…
This view puts a distant war in closer perspective. Gaza has 1.8 million people living in only 139 square miles. That’s a lot of people in a small area, so when bombs fall, they make a big impact. To get a sense of what the area containing 1.8 million people looks like in your city…
Lots of lower- to middle-class people in this country dream of having lots of money and the security that comes with it. That doesn’t end up happening for most of us. So sometimes we fight for what money we can get despite the consequences. Take a look at what happened to Amanda Brown’s family when…
Children are so incredibly smart and resilient when it comes to dealing with challenging situations. But this video features a little boy using his creativity for something no child should ever have to endure. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUUlJw32KM0?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315] Read more: http://upworthy.com/his-costume-transforms-the-minute-his-father-comes-home-thats-when-it-hits-you
The dog may be “man’s best friend,” but not for people who are forced to live in fear of a dog bite turning their lives upside down. Good thing for health heroes like Dr. Miranda, working to keep them right-side up. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKFQii05vKI?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/these-dogs-cant-really-help-what-theyre-doing-to-people-but-the-right-people-can
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Sitting in class as a student, one of the last things you think about is where all of the classroom supplies came from. The school fairy, maybe? But realistically, at least some of them probably came out of the teacher’s own wallet. The perks of being a teacher (educating future generations!) might outweigh the cost…
Watch victims expose decades of police brutality and questionable legal practices in Northern Ireland. Be sure to pay attention at 4:00 for a firsthand account of the brutality that led one victim to attempt suicide, only to be laughed at by his abusers. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCVSWro6rEM?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/when-is-a-confession-not-a-confession-when-someone-holds-a-lighter-to-your-private-parts
There’s nothing more irritating than confronting people who are absolutely convinced that their stereotypes are the same as facts. This guy could teach a masters class in that devious art — share this so he won’t get away with it. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPp28Sm9l10?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/meet-a-guy-who-still-hasn-t-gotten-the-memo-about-the-21st-century
India has the second-largest population in the world, but only half of them have access to a toilet. Oy. That means at least 620 million — almost double the population of the United States — must do their business outside in the open. Are you like, “That’s really disgusting and must smell terrible”? Because I’m…
Senator Warren decided to get to the brass tacks about what this government shutdown is actually going to do to the country. She doesn’t mince words. //www.youtube.com/embed/UA3I4HAvgUs?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white You could share this if you are as tired of this BS as we are. Your call though. Read more: http://upworthy.com/a-senator-bluntly-says-what-were-all-thinking-about-the-awful-and-obnoxious-government-shutdown
It such a shame that every day, women are harassed and groped doing simple activities like taking the bus to school. Women deserve better than spending so much of their public life on the defensive. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gucl2H-Pkk?stop=1m50s&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] Read more: http://upworthy.com/no-one-should-have-to-deal-with-this-not-on-the-bus-not-on-the-train-not-on-the-street-not-ever
It’s called C-O-N-S-E-N-T, people. Consent. Got it? [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z86oaQ4aLcM?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/what-being-one-of-those-girls-means-in-america-today-2