This aboriginal Australian used kindness and tea to trump the racism he overheard.

We've all been there: You're walking in a park or sitting at the movies, and you overhear someone saying something downright awful.

It might be something ridiculously sexist, astoundingly racist, or maybe just so generally insensitive that you can't help but be like...

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5 amazing people doing the work MLK did not live to complete.

He had a dream, yes, but it did not die with him.

Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated all over America every January for the sacrifices he made to pursue equal rights for African-Americans.

A lot of us get a day off each year in his name.

But it's easy to romanticize an icon's past without appreciating that his struggle has stretched on into the present and future. In the case of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the best ways to honor him is by supporting those who carry on the work of equal rights for all.

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Google’s recap proves 2015 was tough but filled with progress.

Our Internet searches say a lot about what happened this year.

Fact: 2015 was kind of an amazing year.

I know, I know, a lot of terrible things went down. That's also a fact.

It's easy to want to crawl into a hole after thinking back through the past 12 months:

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