Hyeonseo Lee: My Escape from North Korea

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Wilkine Brutus finds parts of himself and his own mother’s story in this riveting video by North Korean activist Hyeonseo Lee.

Frankly, I Do Give a Damn

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An encounter in the grocery parking lot changes Greg White’s resolutions for this and every year.

Himalayan Song

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As different as people and traditions are around the world, sometimes it’s the similarities that sneak up on us and surprise us the most.

Don’t Stare at a Dwarf – Lessons From My Dad

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How should we teach children to regard human diversity?

#48: A Mother’s Answered Prayer

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A Mother’s Day Tom Brechlin won’t forget. #48 in a series: 100 Acts of Male Goodness.

“As a child I never associated stranger danger with a gender.”

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These are comments by 24KAuGuy and John Anderson on the post “Teen Boy Shoots Intruder, Female Perpetrator Escapes”.

“There are no moustache twirling villains. Pretty much everyone believes that what they’re doing is ok.”

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These are comments by Saoili and The_L on the post “How Not to Hit on People”.

“Men being called on to be protectors is gone along with the 20th century.”

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This is a comment by Transhuman on the post “Providence Girl Beaten While Neighbor Videotapes”.

Dear John: There Was a Man Watching a Violent Film in Front of My Daughter

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Why won’t my formerly-divorced boyfriend commit to me? How do I stop him from watching lude videos on the train? Why do people think I have to agree with their political ideas?

Hitchhiking Your Way to Self Awareness

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Steven Axelrod shares his experiences hitchhiking, from the first time he stuck his thumb out to the stories and discoveries that followed.

When Can You Let Your Kid Out Alone?

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The biggest burden of parenthood, Mervyn Kaufman writes, is that it never ends.