Suicide Rates
During April, in a small community of 2,000 in Ontario, Canada, there were 16 suicide attempts in just a few days and even 100 more since 2015. How does something like that happen? Some people believe that one attempt triggers more, which is known as …
Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world, although on different dates. Most Americans are familiar with the history of the day. Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in 1908, then went on to begin a campaign to set aside a day to honor all mothers. Howeve…
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Memorial Day
For a lot of people, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer and the end of the school year. There’s a lot more significance to the day than simply vacation time. The holiday, which is always observed on the last Monday in May, has its origins in …
Same-Sex Couples
In 2013, the National Health Interview Survey estimated there to be almost 700,000 same-sex couples in the United States. About 19 percent of these couples or single gay/lesbian/bisexual individuals were raising children. For years, there has been …
LGBT Community
It’s been a wild and crazy year for the LGBTQ community. Bathroom laws and transgender equality have been a key focus in many different states. President Obama is standing behind the federal government’s commitment to equality, issuing a statemen…
Brookeville Church
Families used to grow up in the same church, and it was practically the end of the world if a child came home with a fiancé from another faith. Today, it isn’t such a big deal, but it still can be difficult to get multiple faiths together at h…
One of the biggest myths about George Washington is the cherry tree story, in which young George damaged a cherry tree with a hatchet. When his father confronted him, the boy said, “I cannot tell a lie.” According to the story, his father felt that honesty was …
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Volunteering
April has been designated as National Volunteer Month. Technically, it’s a reminder to organizations to thank the volunteers who serve, but it can be a reminder about volunteering. Everyone lives such busy lives today that it might be hard to find ti…
Happiness
The researchers with Match.com used the aggregate data of users of the app to understand what aspects of their lifestyle made them happy. In other words, they looked at the correlation between habits and personal contentment. They found eight different th…
Religious Freedom
The big news in the LGBT community over the past couple of weeks has been the religious freedom laws in Georgia, North Carolina, and Mississippi. In each state, bills were introduced into the legislature to protect businesses and individuals who d…