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Photo credit: @_jen_hamilton_ on Instagram/Canva – A nurse explains why a father-to-be sitting and drinking water during birth doesn't make him a bad dad.

Family, Fatherhood, Popular

The internet slams a man drinking water while his partner gives birth, but a nurse sets them straight

Erik Barnes

2/13/2026
Daniel Hatoum (left) and Sarah Chen with son Mills (right)

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Culture

Meet the second-generation immigrants who are helping protect your civil rights.

Sarah Watts

7/8/2026
Photo credit: Canva – A toddler pretends to be a doctor with her doll.

Family, Joy, Parenting

Mom hilariously reenacts her toddler pretending to be a doctor, complete with ‘very bad news’

Cecily Knobler

5/17/2025
Photo credit: Ali Shaker/VOA, Tylwyth Eldar /Wikimedia Commons – The name Tiffany goes way back to Tiphaine Raguenel, who lived in Mont Saint Michel in the 1300s.

Education, History (Education), Popular

Ever heard of ‘The Tiffany Problem’? Why people think historically accurate things are wrong.

Annie Reneau

2/17/2025
Photo credit: via Blake Kasemeier, used with permission. – Blake Kasemeier and his children.

Family, Fatherhood, Popular

Dad who grew up poor perfectly explains why it’s so hard to shake the poverty mindset

Tod Perry

2/12/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Be the hero of your own life.

Heroes, Joy

Study shows how reframing your life as a Hero’s Journey can change it for the better

Annie Reneau

1/24/2025
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Culture, Popular, Videos, Wellness

A child’s future bedtime story portrays a post-COVID world that learned from its mistakes

Annie Reneau

5/4/2020
Family

This autistic 10-year-old wrote a short story, and people are loving it.

Eric Pfeiffer

7/17/2018
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A man traveled cross-country to interview homeless people. This is what he learned.

Robbie Couch

3/9/2017
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Why using comedy to cope with the horrors of the world is nothing to laugh at.

Claire Biggs

3/1/2017
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J.K. Rowling found out her books helped save this baby’s life. Her response was magic.

Kelley Benham French

12/6/2016
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Marvel made a comic of a Syrian family. It tells a story you won’t see on the news.

Thom Dunn

10/27/2016
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11 emotional, hilarious, and moving photos from the Museum of Broken Relationships.

Alicia Barrón

10/4/2016
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‘Luke Cage’ is the blackest show on TV, and I am totally here for it.

Erin Canty

10/3/2016
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A Hollywood film about disability has a lot of people feeling left out.

Parker Molloy

5/26/2016
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A girl and her dad played one last video game before he died. She’ll never forget it.

Jon Comulada

3/24/2016