Python vs. the Pythagorean Theorem
This weekend was one of the first truly beautiful, sunny weekends in Paris after a particularly long and dreary winter. Unfortunately, I didn’t see much of it since I was inside the Mozilla building...
View ArticlePrayers to Charleston
The Charleston Massacre is a representation of the racism and bigotry of our country. The shooter, Dylann Storm Roof, has been identified as mentally unstable, socially awkward, introverted. While all...
View ArticleYou vs. Yourself
Sometimes this is the hardest battle you’ll fight. I’d like to introduce you to a fantastic tool that you can use next time you engage in this kind of combat: the growth mindset. Like most tools with...
View ArticleDeliberate, Calculated Atrocity
I tend to think of genocide as something that has happened in the past, and naively fall into the comforting belief that humanity has since collectively decided that this level of horror will no longer...
View Article#FemaleMillennial
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the top financial audit/accounting firms in the world, is focused on recruiting and retaining young female professionals. So much so, that they recently published...
View ArticleOh, the Places You’ll Go!
Guys…guys. Throw some stuff into a bag, buy a ticket to somewhere, and travel. I cannot emphasize this enough: TRAVEL. I don’t think that there’s anything more important that one can do in their...
View ArticleWelcome to Colleg…iate Rape Culture!
There is no better time for a young woman to be introduced to rape culture than on her first day at college. She’s nervous, excited, maybe a little sad to be leaving home and everything she’s known for...
View ArticleCitizens > Governments
Everyone is finally talking about the Syrian refugee crisis, because we no longer have the choice. When I wrote about Syria in March of this year – see Stand With Syria – the Syrian conflict was...
View ArticleWhy Treating Black Lives Like They Matter Creates A World Where #AllLivesMatter
By guest author Jay-Marie Hill With the simple profession of the phrase Black Lives Matter gaining steam, are you willing to take an undeniable position – both political and tangible – that shows that...
View ArticleI Had A Moment
Reposted from A Life Ablaze, by Rhaema Friday. Original post here. It’s 3:48 AM and I am awake. First, nature woke me up. That’s what I get for having a Tom Collins before bed. Then, I had a naughty...
View ArticleRefugees on Rails: Teaching Refugees to Code
This week’s article will highlight a brand new start-up in Berlin, Germany: Refugees on Rails. It caught my attention because it is an ideal combination of the ideas behind two articles previously...
View ArticleApplications: It’s All In The Name
Last week, the UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron announced an agreement between several of the UK’s biggest employers, plus the UCAS (Undergraduate Courses At University And College, the central body...
View ArticleThe Paris Attacks & Selective Outrage
I live in Paris, and on Friday evening at 10:15pm, I was running late on my way to meet a friend in the 11th arrondissement. We had been communicating by text message and had set a time and location to...
View ArticleTragedy and Toxic Waste in Brazil
About a month ago, Brazil experienced one of the worst environmental disasters in recent history. 60 million cubic meters of toxic industrial mining waste broke through two different dams and traveled...
View ArticleThe Paris Climate Agreement: A Big Deal
In an uplifting follow-up to last week’s article, the international community has finally come together to take a stand against global warming. On Saturday, December 12th in Paris, France, 195...
View ArticleDear Female Consumer: Forget Your Gender
I’ve always known about the extra “costs” of being a woman. We’re all familiar with them – catcalling/street harassment, rampant sexism, the wage gap (in which women earn on average about 79 cents to a...
View Article“Adulting” is an Indictment of Society, Not of Millennials
Originally published here on January 5th 2016 by author John Beckett. As someone who frequently uses “adult” as a verb without ever really thinking about why, or where the idea of “adulting” came...
View Article3 Birds with 1 Stone & Islands of Garbage
This week, I’d like to shine my spotlight on two separate (for now) subjects. Firstly, the enormous quantity of plastic being thrown out and accumulated on the earth. Secondly, EcoDomum, a start-up in...
View ArticleIn Which Men Have No Responsibility
Fair warning – this week’s article has a pretty solid dose of indignant rage. Today I would like to talk about the messages being sent to women as a result of two separate yet related situations: the...
View ArticleWearing 1000m3 of Clean Air
This week, I’d like to shine my small spotlight on one of the coolest projects I’ve seen in a while – the Smog Free Tower. It is exactly the kind of idea that I love: it’s innovative, doing good for...
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