George Moses Horton George Moses Horton was a poet. He was born into slavery on William Horton's plantation in Northampton County, North Carolina. As a very young child, he and several family members were moved to a tobacco farm in rural Chatham County, when his owner relocated. Horto... Read more...
At the stroke of midnight on the first of January, the brilliant Times Square ball descends, signifying the birth of a new year, a time to renew, reinvent, and reenergize. As the confetti swirls through the air, there's something else afloat with it--Hope. Hope that no matter how fulfilling last yea... Read more...
Two years ago, a Stanford business school student named Tristan Walker sent Foursquare cofounders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvaduraian email out of the blue, asking for a job. Today, Tristan is Foursquare's director of business development. During his tenure, he's built partnerships between F... Read more...
This has got to be a f*cking joke...Is this the end of the world that the mayans were talking about? And they wonder why the people start talking that illuminati sh*t... Wait...nevermind Dear Young Democratic Voters: Please ignore the coming electoral meltdown where your party loses control... Read more...
Friday night's star-studded "Hope for Haiti" telethon has raised a record-breaking $58 million, with more donations continuing to pour in from around the world, the benefit's organizers announced Saturday. The preliminary figure is a record for donations made by the public through a disaster re... Read more...