Dan Gross: Why gun violence can't be our new normal
It doesn't matter whether you love or hate guns; it's obvious that the US would be a safer place if there weren't thousands of them sold every day without background checks. Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, makes a passionate, personal appeal for something that more than 90 percent of Americans want: background...
Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti: The world's most dangerous fart
For most humans, farts are a welcome relief, an embarrassing incident, or an opportunity for a gas-based gag. But for many other creatures, farts are no laughing matter. Deep in the bowels of the animal kingdom, farts can serve as tools of intimidation, acts of self-defense, and weapons of malodorous murder. Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti dig in...
Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.
Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong
Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (...
Dan Cross: Success Or Happiness & Is It Possible To Have Both?
Dan has been running businesses since his early 20’s and truly knows no other way. His core business would centre itself around customer acquisition where he would recruit and train large scale sales teams around Australia. The organisation would transact more than $200million in revenue for clients and over the next decade he would go on to win...
Tania V. Chairez, Alejandro Fuentes Mena: Undocumented, Unafraid, and Unapologetic
Alejandro Fuentes Mena and Tania Chairez are two DACAmented educators in Colorado with roots in Chile and Mexico, respectively. Amidst the national immigration debate that threatens their personal safety and professional futures, they seek to showcase their humanity and declare themselves Undocumented, Unafraid, and Unapologetic. Will you stand ...