Over the last three months, living in a chilly tent on the roof of a vacant South Side Chicago motel, Rev. Corey Brooks kept up his vigil against gun violence. On Friday, he was triumphant after a pledge of $98,000 from filmmaker Tyler Perry provided the final push for reaching the pastor's goal of raising $450,000 to buy and demolish the decrepit motel, a haven for drugs and prostitution.
Hundreds of Japanese-American veterans of World War II were honored Saturday with a parade in Honolulu—nearly 70 years after they volunteered to fight for their country even as the government branded them 'enemy aliens.' About 200 veterans rode in convertibles past a cheering crowd, celebrating the Congressional Gold Medals awarded to the veterans by President Obama last month.
To combat the devastation caused by illegal assault rifles in Africa's war zones, founder of Ethos water, Peter Thum, announced this week the launch of Fonderie 47. Based in New York City, Fonderie 47 removes AK47s from war zones and transforms them into rare watches and $32,000 cufflinks.
It would be easy — expected, even — for Mary Johnson to hate Oshea Israel. After all, he killed Johnson's only son, in 1993. He went to prison for that — and toward the end of his sentence, he become a man to whom Johnson could make peace.
University graduate Caleb Barclay is on a mission to break cultural stereotypes throughout the world and cast a positive light on misinterpreted cultures.
While governments can do important work to promote it, peace, tolerance and understanding come mostly from people. That's why these young South Asian Seeds of Peace participants will be important messengers back home in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan since completing the three-week camp in Maine designed to promote conflict resolution and mutual understanding.
This year's recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos now hailed for ending a bloody battle lasting half a century.
The tedium of this weekday commute was broken by a group of ordinary people reminding us that all it takes is a little singing to feel connected.
These kids from opposing communities became friendly competitors during a peace-driven soccer game organized in Brazil.
In a historic moment, after 4 years of negotiations, FARC rebels have signed a peace deal with Colombia, bringing to an end decades of armed conflict.
Hoping to be part of the solution and promote a unified community, dozens of volunteers came out to clean up after riots left businesses burned.
The founder of the Hyundai conglomerate, a self-made billionaire who left North Korea in 1933 at the age of 18 to seek his fortune, returned on June 16 driving 500 fattened cattle in 50 open trucks, an offering to help feed his famine-ravaged homeland.
In a region known for religious violence, Muslim farmers in Pakistan are putting money and muscles together to help build a church for the Christians there.
A 17-year-old has invented a mine-sweeping device that can detect land mines based on sound waves, similar to the way piano strings create vibrations in nearby guitars. Both of Marian Bechtel's parents are geologists involved in developing a holographic device for detecting land mines, but her own idea was inspired by her time spent at the piano.
These villagers were more than happy to offer some of their own bottled water to their dehydrated, scaly, 12-foot acquaintance.
Ibn Ali Miller is being honored by the mayor for stepping in to break up a street fight between two Atlantic City high schoolers.
A new study has found that participating in an 8-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when someone is not actively meditating. In their report in the November issue of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, investigators also found differences in those effects based on the specific type of meditation practiced.
These 29 different pianos are impacting thousands of pedestrians simply by making them slow down and enjoy the sound of music.
Once in a while, you hear an old war story that restores your faith in humanity. A new book explores the incredible encounter of two WWII pilots in mid-air -- a rookie American on his first bombing mission, piloting a crippled aircraft that was missing an engine and a German flying ace who not only saluted, then spared the rookie, but escorted him out of enemy airspace.
There was no politically charged disagreement or violence at this family restaurant – only the laughter and joy of playing a beloved age-old tabletop game.
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