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Drop Out Success Stories: 6/15

May 23, 2013 By The Good Life @ GMP Leave a Comment

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Did you leave school for success? Tell us your story.

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1 Million of the Best Jobs May Go Unfilled Because Only 1 in 10 Students Know This (Video)

March 9, 2013 By Deanna Ogle 2 Comments

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What do Will.I.Am, Bill Gates, and Chris Bosh know that only 1 in 10 students will learn?

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VIDEO: A California Man Donates His Home to a Family For a Year

January 5, 2013 By Kathryn DeHoyos Leave a Comment

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Tony Tolbert learned about giving from his father, and he is putting those lessons to good use.

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How Ted Turner Changed the Face of Modern Philanthropy

December 27, 2012 By Kathryn DeHoyos 2 Comments

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One donation, made over 15 years ago altered the course of history for the global community.

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Facebook CEO Donates Almost $500 Million to Charity

December 21, 2012 By Kathryn DeHoyos 3 Comments

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Mark Zuckerberg makes his largest donation yet to help address health and education issues in Silicon Valley.

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I Was Born a Sinner

November 16, 2012 By Nicholas Ferroni 2 Comments

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People tried to change Nicholas Ferroni, believing that the way he was born would make life harder. Fortunately, he came to accept himself the way God made him.

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Open Thread: Who is the Greatest Representation of Masculinity in Pop Culture?

August 18, 2012 By The Good Feed Blog Editors 13 Comments

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There are many types of masculinity, which pop culture icon embodies what you think of as the masculinity ideal?

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Meet the new Steve Jobs / Bill Gates Whiz Kid from Mongolia

April 23, 2012 By Travis Hellstrom 1 Comment

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Travis Hellstrom traveled to Mongolia with the Peace Corps, only to meet Mende, a technological and entrepreneurial genius.

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Warren Buffett and 12 Other Billionaire Families Pledge Half Their Wealth To Charity

April 21, 2012 By Joanna Schroeder 2 Comments

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If you were a billionaire, would you join Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates in the The Giving Pledge?

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Angry Birds, Video Games, and the Depersonalization of War

April 18, 2012 By Justin Cascio 7 Comments

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Are you a video game addict, The New York Times asks?

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I Didn’t Go To College and I’m Proud of It

March 31, 2012 By Yashar Ali 7 Comments

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Yashar Ali broke with his family’s tradition, and made his way in the world without a college degree.

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The New Macho

January 20, 2012 By Tom Matlack 82 Comments

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What does it mean to be ‘assertively, self-consciously male’ now?

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Is Mitt Too Rich to Be President?

January 17, 2012 By Tom Matlack 5 Comments

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Goodness, it turns out, is independent of wealth. So too is leadership.

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Gates and Gates on Education

August 15, 2011 By the Editors 1 Comment

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Henry Louis and Bill spoke about our educational problems at last week’s National Urban League Conference.

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The Good Men Sweet 16 Bracket

March 24, 2011 By Ryan O'Hanlon 8 Comments

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Sixteen athletes, entertainers, businessmen, and world leaders face off for the imaginary title of Best Man.

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The Top 10 Good Men of 2010

December 16, 2010 By the Editors 19 Comments

For this, our inaugural Good Men of the Year list, we’re not celebrating memorable personalities, newly minted pop-culture icons, or 15-minute men. This was a year of unprecedented challenges, and it cried out for good men.

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Author William Broyles on His Return Trip to Vietnam (VIDEO)

William Broyles has written a “gripping memoir” about his return to Vietnam and his attempts to make sense of the war.

Phoenix Police Show Support for Fallen Officer’s Daughter at Graduation

Phoenix Police Seargent Ben Kartchner said, “He’s left a precious child and a wife behind, and it’s our responsibility to make sure that they’re taken care of for the rest of their life.”

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My Daughter Was Arrested, Expelled and Charged With a Felony for a Same-Sex Relationship She Had as a Minor

The nightmare began in February when the cops came to arrest my daughter, who had just turned 18, and took her away without telling us what was happening.

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Zach Sobiech May Have Died, But His Music and His Love Live On

Justin Baldoni: “It’s not because you’re dying. It’s because of the way you’re living.”

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Gun Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against Officials in Connectucut

The Office of the Connecticut Attorney General asserts that the new legislation is legal and the office is “prepared to vigorously defend the law against any court challenge.”