What do George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jordan have in common? As of this month, they are members of a very exclusive club: the only celebrities in America worth more than Jay-Z. The rapper came in at number 5 on Forbes’ yearly ranking of celebrity wealth, tied with READ MORE >
Two friends banded together to create digital news platform The Skimm to showcase friendlt The Skimm was created to be an easily accessible platform to gather clear, concise news of the day. CEOs Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg created the idea after becoming infatuated with the news when their other READ MORE >
For the 149 people abroad the Southwest flight from New York to Dallas on April 17th, 2018, a normal flight quickly turned into a terrifying series of events. As the plane cruised about 35,000 feet in the air, the left engine broke creating an explosion inside the plane. “In the READ MORE >
One of the best (but not easy!) ways to make a successful ad is to create a piece of work that is so impressive that people forget that what they’re looking at is even an advertisement. Spotify just rolled out an exciting and artistic homage to David Bowie two years READ MORE >
On March, 24th 2018, the March for Our Lives commenced and it was a powerful movement towards change. When people think of the March, they often think of the teens that aren’t afraid to stand for the fundamental rights they deserve. Many brand the crowd as a group of millennials who READ MORE >
It is no surprise that for a Super Bowl to come to fruition it takes a lot of manpower. The Pepsi-sponsored event requires an extreme amount of people to work together to get the event underway. Over 5,000 people volunteer their time and energy to getting the championship ready. People READ MORE >
Andrea Jenkins, a black transgender activist, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council. A Hispanic woman won the mayor’s race in Topeka, Kansas. A Sikh man was elected mayor in Hoboken, New Jersey. Latina, Vietnamese and transgender female candidates won state legislative races. If this election’s results weren’t an indicator READ MORE >
Megyn Kelly launched “Megyn Kelly Today” this week, premiering her new talk show and new image. On her first show, she introduced herself to viewers as a mix between an Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, a stark difference from her Fox News anchor image. But the entire show seemed very READ MORE >
It all seems too familiar – resilient winds, power outages, flooded streets, rising death tolls and an unforeseen end to it all. Hurricane Katrina was over a decade ago, Hurricane Sandy was only five years ago, and now we’re facing another natural disaster head on. Hurricane Harvey took havoc on READ MORE >
Former President Barack Obama infrequently tweets in his post-presidential life, but after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, he found words of hope in Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom, and shared with the world: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or READ MORE >