Billionaire activist George Soros is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. Famous for betting against the Bank of England in 1992 and making a billion dollars in one day, he is maligned by ideologues on both the left and the right for daring to tackle the world’s problem

The Singing Ringing Tree is aptly named. A 3-meter-tall, wind-powered musical sculpture made of galvanized steel pipes, it stands high above the English town of Burnley. The pipes swirl to form the shape of a tree bent and blown by the wind, and produce an eerie, melodious hum as the constant wind o...

105-year-old Julia Hawkins of Louisiana just set a world record at the Louisiana Senior Olympic Games for being the first woman and first American in her age group to run 100 meters. But this achievement is just a drop in the bucket for the centenarian who has lived through two world wars and spent ...

Annie Lennox has come a long way since fronting the Grammy Award-winning Eurythmics in the 1980s. Since then she has become a successful solo artist, sold more than 80 million records, and become renowned for her charity work with organizations such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and Nelson M

In his recent remarks to congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of his countrymen and women, and of his land, in loving terms. I immediately remembered the poetry of Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) set by David Nowakowsky (1848-1921), of the Brodsky Synagogue in Odessa, which evokes ...

Britney Spears accepts GLAAD’s Vanguard Award at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on April 12. In her speech, Spears sent a message of acceptance saying: "To be accepted unconditionally and to be able to express yourself as an individual through art is such a blessing. Events like t

John Legend took the stage at the 2022 Grammys to perform a special and powerful tribute to Ukraine amid their ongoing war with Russia. The 43-year-old singer debuted his new song, "Free," while singing and playing the piano after Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shared a video statement ab...

On March 14, 2022, the Met presented a benefit concert to support Ukraine and its citizens, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Met Orchestra and Chorus and distinguished soloists, including Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi, who led a performance of the Ukrainian national anthem, and

Women in Network is an organization founded in 1987 to empower women, specifically lesbians, to overcome stigma and discrimination and live a fullfilling life. WIN was established in Forth Lauderdale in July 1987. "The Archive Project" is to preserve and organize all the original materials as part o...

New York City - Community of Lights, LLC (COFL) received two Honorable Mentions as a finalist in the Awareness Campaign: Health Initiatives; and, Human Rights Campaign Categories for the on going multimedia campaign "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS" produced and developed in collaboration with the World...