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Lessons we should have learned from the liberation of Auschwitz and other Nazi camps

From 1940 to 1945, an estimated 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz, the largest complex of Nazi concentration camps. More than four out of five of those people—at least 1.1 million people—were murdered there. On January 27, 1945, Soviet forces liberated the final prisoners from these camps—7,000 people, most of whom were sick or […]

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Artist captures how strangers react to her body in public and it’s fascinating

Artist Haley Morris-Cafiero describes herself on her website as “part performer, part artist, part provocateur, part spectator.” Her recent project, titled “Wait Watchers” has elements of all her self-descriptors. In an email to us, Morris-Cafiero explained that she set up a camera in the street and stood in front of it, doing mundane activities like […]

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TikTok star’s fans raise $144,000 for ‘guardian angel’ Uber driver who stood by her after robbery

Becca Moore is a popular TikToker with over 800,000 followers who’s known for her funny, laid-back takes on dating. Like any influencer-type she was at the Coachella music and arts festival in Indio, California recently. While she was at Coachella, she was robbed of her phone, rental car keys and wallet. “I went to Coachella […]

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Mom hands 2-year-old her phone to take pics of things she loves and it’s surprisingly moving

On one hand, parenting a toddler is like wrangling a tornado—it’s loud, messy, prone to destruction and totally unpredictable. On the other hand, toddlers are tiny beacons of non-stop, hilarious, heart-squishing adorableness that make you wish you had a camera on them 24/7. But what if the toddler was the one behind the camera? What […]