Japan Is Considering Making Vacation Mandatory. The U.S. Should, Too
Japan wants to cut off its workaholics, and America could learn a thing or two from the proposal. A measure slated to come before Japan’s parliament sometime in the next…
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Are selfies bad for us?
Of course, it’s absurd to suggest a selfie was in any way an incentive or motive for the murder, just as it’s absurd to suggest that social media causes criminal…
Demands To Censor Twitter Soar
If loose lips sink ships, what can tweets do? Enough to worry governments, apparently. Governments around the world made 796 demands to take down content on Twitter in the last…
Brazilian Students Create Calendar Starring Transgender Models (PHOTOS)
A daily political and social struggle. It was this idea that motivated two students from the UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais), Mariana Moraes and Daniella Rodrigues, to create a…
#AFCON2015: World reacts as Ivory Coast win title in dramatic final
The unlikely hero of the evening was Boubacar Barry, Ivory Coast’s hitherto reserve goalkeeper, only promoted to the team after an injury side-lined first choice Sylvain Gbohouo. After saving two…
Babies Understand Friendship, Meanies And Bystanders, Study Says
By: Stephanie Pappas Published: 02/05/2015 10:15 AM EST on LiveScience Babies who are just over a year old already comprehend complex social interactions — they understand what other people know…
The Changing Face Of Feminism
This article was written by teen reporters from The Mash, a weekly publication distributed to Chicagoland high schools. By Laura Bartusiask, Woodlands Academy and James Wendt, Naperville North Everybody’s been…
How Online Interaction Shapes Everything From Baby Names To Revolutions
In 1914, the names “Mary” and “Helen” were all the rage for baby girls. In 2014, it was “Emma” and “Olivia” — neither of which were even among the top…
YouTube Stars’ Huge Earnings Will Make You Question All Your Life Choices
Some of the biggest stars on YouTube may be earning big paychecks for playing with toys and video games — essentially, doing things many kids do on Christmas morning. A…
How Real Are Facebook Friendships?
Editor of the New York Times Book Review Pamela Paul’s recent column “How to Be Liked By Everyone Online” describes how social media “has upended social and psychological norms” by…
7 Genius Kids Who Are Creating Change In Their Own Backyards
Too often we hear the phrase wunderkind applied to just-out-of-college startup CEOs in Silicon Valley. Here’s a vote for using the term in the intended way: to convey that there’s…
Here Are 5 Super Bowl Commercials That Were About Something Greater Than Selling A Product
Sunday night wasn’t just about football and Katy Perry — several social causes got their time in the spotlight, too. –
In Budget, Obama’s Unfettered Case for Spreading the Wealth
WASHINGTON — President Obama presented a budget on Monday that is more utopian vision than pragmatic blueprint. It proposes a politically improbable reshaping of the tax code and generous new…
The big dangers of ‘big data’
“Big data” and “evidence-based policy” are the dominant ideas of our moment. A May 2014 White House report put it this way: “Big data will become an historic driver of…
Langston Hughes’ 113th Birthday Honored Through Animated Google Doodle
Google on Sunday celebrated what would have been the 113th birthday of famed African-American poet and social activist Langston Hughes through a powerful tribute on its home page. – He…
Tribes at Center of Effort to Free Jordanian Pilot
AMMAN, Jordan — It is often said that in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan all politics is tribal. That goes a long way toward explaining the country’s reaction to the…
Insanely Intricate Hand-Cut Paper Artworks View The Internet As Modern-Day Religion
For many people who identify as religious, praying is the first activity upon waking up and the last before going to bed. For many in the social media generation, this…
Making Friends Online Could Help You Lose Weight
In the age of the social network, there’s certainly such a thing as sharing too much. But when it comes to losing weight, sharing could be key. – They’re also…
Dartmouth Creates New Rules, Bans Liquor To Tame ‘Heavy-Drinking’ Culture
Dartmouth College will roll out a number of new policies in an effort to address binge drinking, hazing and sexual assault on campus, Dartmouth President Phil Hanlon announced in a…
Chilean ‘yarn bombers’ plot large-scale knitting attack
A far cry from the marble sculptures displayed in the nearby museum, the trend that began in Texas in 2005 has seen a growing number of open spaces transformed with…
No, You Probably Won’t Get Addicted To Facebook
As social media use has surged, so too has research on its addictive potential and negative psychological impacts . – “Such ‘addictions’ can result in academic failure, sleep deprivations, social…
Dear Pinterest: Don’t Change Just To Get Guys To Like You
How popular is Pinterest? With women, very: the social network had 72.5 million visitors in December, and about 71 percent of them were women. Pinterest is the most “female-skewed social…
Facebook, Instagram Suffer Widespread Outage Overnight; Tinder, Hipchat Also Go Down
Facebook and Instagram went down early Tuesday morning as a major snowstorm hit the Northeast. Reports on social media indicate that Tindr and Hipchat were also down. – This is…
How To Balance Saving For Retirement With Saving For College
It’s a uniquely Gen X personal finance dilemma: Should those of us with young children be socking away our savings in 401(k)s and IRAs to make up for Social Security’s…
Why is GOP going after Social Security?
So why do Republicans keep sidling up to it and sticking their fingers out? There’s a brewing controversy in Congress over a small part of the program, which is just…
ID thieves stealing tax refunds still a big problem, IRS says
“Taxpayers should protect their computers and only give out their Social Security numbers when absolutely necessary,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a statement Monday. More specifically, the IRS recommends…
Your College May Be Banking on Your Facebook Likes
EverTrue, a Boston start-up that applies modern social media analytics to the traditional field of higher-education fund-raising, was born out of the frustrations of Brent Grinna, a former captain of…
Author Greg McKeown: ‘Success Can Become A Catalyst For Failure’
Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, told HuffPost Live his book grew out of working with people who are really successful. “Success can become a catalyst…
George Takei: Buddhism ‘Made A Lot Of Sense For Me’
George Takei is an actor, a social media star, and a gay rights activist. – Read George Takei’s entire blog on Lion’s Roar.
Here’s What Facebook Would Have Looked Like In 1995
If Facebook had existed 20 years ago, when the Internet was still very much in its infancy, the social media site may have looked a little like this. – H/T…