The pop superstar advocated for the Equality Act during an acceptance speech and a performance of “You Need to Calm Down.” While accepting the Video of the Year award, the pop star said the honor signaled fans’ support of her message of in “You Need to Calm Down.” The single has been received as an

Graeme O'Neil takes a look at Austin Butler's tribute to Lisa Marie Presley following her death, just 2 days after she was there to watch him win a Golden Globe for playing her Dad, Elvis Presley, in the film "Elvis".

May 21, 2011 - President William Jefferson Clinton speech at Life Ball 2011 in Vienna, Austria.

The Queen speaks of “a time of disruption in the life of our country” as she addresses the UK in a rare televised speech. In a message recorded at Windsor Castle, she says it is an “increasingly challenging time” for the nation - bringing grief, financial hardships and “enormous changes”.The Queen c

Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, spoke on behalf of his costars in The Imitation Game on January 4, 2015 as they accepted the Palm Springs International Film Festival's honor for ensemble performance in a film. Watch his inspiring speech about the scientist's legacy...

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue has given a powerful speech at a vigil for the 11 killed during Sabbath services at a synagogue.
Describing the attack on his congregation, Myers told the crowd of 2,000 that "my holy place has been defiled." He called on political leaders to stop t...

In 1990, Elizabeth Glaser stood before delegates at the Communications Workers of America convention to share her personal fight against a disease which had already claimed her daughter's life. She told them about the shocking lack of research and treatment options for children living with HIV, and ...

The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought t...

Gerda Weissmann Klein, the Holocaust survivor, author, speaker, and activist died on April 3, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 97. Her book, “All But My Life,” first written 1957 and continuously in print for the past 65 years, was among the earliest Holocaust memoirs. In 1995, her biography

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who's gay, delivers a passionate speech on the House floor in opposition to the anti-LGBT provision in the FY-17 NDAA. Rep. Maloney spoke on the floor against the Russell Amendment on May 18, 2016. “The anti-LGBT provision in NDAA is not about supporting our tr