Refugee mother shares family's journey to the U.S. in powerful animated video December 20, 2017 Layla's journey has been anything but easy. She's a refugee from the eastern Somali Region of Ethiopia, which she and her husband fled because...
YouTube uses its massive platform to help every girl get an education October 11, 2017 There's something staggering about the fact that 130 million girls around the world don't receive an education. It's enough to make some people...
Fat girls dance. This beautiful Dove video shows why that's so radical May 20, 2017 Fat girls dance. That three word statement may seem simple and declarative. Yet, the assertion that fat girls do dance challenges a ton of...
Creative agency 'fixes' awful Pepsi ad with powerful Standing Rock footage April 10, 2017 A new video educates Pepsi on what real police-on-protester interactions look like, and spoiler alert: it isn't all hearts, peace signs, and...
Watch these trans kids learn the value of self-love from their parents April 7, 2017 A boy in bright blue glasses sits on his mother's lap and looks at himself in the mirror. His mom smiles, waiting for him to repeat an...
Starring in this PSA helped a 12-year-old girl tell her school she's autistic April 5, 2017 A jarring new PSA called "Make It Stop" replicates how Holly, a 12-year-old autistic girl living in the UK, experiences sensory overload. But...
#QuitThisShit helps sexual assault survivors stand up to their trash-talkers April 4, 2017 Editor's note: This post contains language and details of sexual violence. When Jada Smith was 16 years old, she was drugged and raped at a...
This man's epic quest for a rainbow bagel makes a crucial point about accessibility March 23, 2017 If you're in New York City, you could get your hands on a coveted rainbow bagel pretty easily. Only a MetroCard fare and a few subway stops are...
Strangers' messages of support for a young HIV+ man will give you hope March 13, 2017 When George Hankers stood blindfolded in Trafalgar Square, brandishing a sign that red "I'M HIV+" in big letters, he wasn't sure how members of...
These hijabi self-defense videos aren't the tutorials we want, but they're the ones we need March 11, 2017 At anti-Trump rallies around the country, a popular chant often reverberates among the crowd: “When Muslim lives are under attack, what do we do?...