The world’s six wealthiest nations are “turning their backs” on refugees, hosting less than nine percent of those who have fled their homes due to war and violence and leaving poorer countries to shoulder the burden, a damning new report from Oxfam reveals. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the number of displaced people…
The first music video for Harry Styles, solo artist, is finally here! In the newly debuted vid for “Sign of the Times,” the former One Direction singer reaches new heights (literally) out in a sprawling countryside. As he floats through the sky, he makes us desperate to visit whatever desolate fantasyland he’s supposedly traversing. Styles’s…
George and Amal Clooney are one of the most recognized couples in the world. Their careers are both thriving, and they just welcomed their newborn twins this month, but before they were parents or spouses, they had to nervously meet for the very first time. George’s dad, Nick, and his wife, Nina, were there when the…
Dozens of civilians, including children, were killed on Monday and Tuesday by U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria. The strikes appeared to have been a mistake, with the civilians taken for Islamic State (IS or ISIS) militants, the U.K.-based human rights group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group told the AFP news agency. Fifty-six civilians were…
Ariel Winter has some words for the people who criticized her choice of attire for the screening of Modern Family‘s Season 8 finale Wednesday. The 19-year-old sitcom star and body positivity activist was understandably upset by critics who questioned her choice to wear a revealing minidress while her castmates went a decidedly more casual route….
Although the Democratic Party’s latest draft platform has received a mixed reception from progressives, human rights advocates on Tuesday called attention to one long-awaited demand that made it into the manifesto: Closing the controversial military training facility known as the School of the Americas. The measure, introduced by committee member Marcos Rubenstein—who was elected by…
Brad Pitt isn’t denying the fact that the past year has been a hard one, but he says he’s determined to emerge from the wreckage of his high-profile split from Angelina Jolie a better man—for himself and the couple’s six children. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Pitt opened up about everything from…
Last month Cara Delevingne revealed that she was going to dye her hair and shave her head sometime in the near future for her role in the upcoming film Life in a Year. “I have to shave my head for my next part, so I have to do something different,” the actress and model told…
Since becoming law in late March, North Carolina’s House Bill 2 has sparked national controversy and an ongoing boycott of the state over its discriminatory provisions. HB2 requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that match the gender on their birth certificate and bars local governments from adopting LGBT protections and minimum wage laws. This…
President Donald Trump wrecked relations with yet another foreign leader on Wednesday, leaving Australia scrambling to save its refugee resettlement agreement with the U.S. after he lashed out at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a phone call. Trump tweeted that the resettlement program, which would send 1,250 asylum seekers from detention sites in Australia to…