Emily Becker
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New York, NY, United States
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8 Things You Might Not Know About LongHorn Steakhouse
Even if you can't make it to a LongHorn Steakhouse location, their Grill Masters have a hotline to help with all of your holiday grilling. → Read More
Sláinte! 15 Facts About Guinness Beer
Pour yourself a glass of the black stuff (which actually isn't black at all) and read on for some facts about the legendary brewery, which has been carefully pouring pints of its famous stout since the mid-18th century. → Read More
A Day In The Life Of A Haitian Public Health Nurse With Hope For Haiti
A Plus followed a public health nurse in Hope for Haiti's medical program in order to better understand the issues and needs when it comes to Haiti's healthcare system. → Read More
Hope For Haiti Shows A Plus The Resourcefulness And True Nature Of The Haitian People
Hope for Haiti showcases some of the social enterprises, entrepreneurs, and people that make Haiti so much more than how the country is typically portrayed in the U.S. media. → Read More
The Artisan Collective That's Helping Craft A Better Future For Refugee Women
Gaia seeks to empower refugee women by tapping into their greatest resource ... themselves. → Read More
Homeless Kids Get The Chance To Just Be Kids In Awesome NYC Program
Camp Win's programs put an emphasis on education, empowerment, and fun. → Read More
Tuesday's Children's Project Common Bond Is Helping Heal Families Who Lost Loved Ones In The Sept 11 Attacks
Organization Tuesday's Children founded the summer camp Project Common Bond to help connect children who lost family in the Sept. 11 attacks with other kids who have affected by terrorism in other parts of the world. → Read More
Korn | A Plus
Friends and fans honor his legacy with a concert to celebrate life. → Read More
2018 Midterm Elections
"Power to the Polls" is all about getting people to the ballot box. → Read More
Midterm Elections
"Power to the Polls" is all about getting people to the ballot box. → Read More
Manchester Terror Attack
“This means more to us than all the amazing things people have done this week." → Read More
Beach Read Or Normal Book? The A Plus Book Club Takes A Guess And Finds A Startling Trend.
For this month's episode of the A Plus Book Club, Lindsay Geller and Emily Becker are trying to illustrate the sexist nature of the term "beach read." → Read More
Social Justice Book Club
"Tell Me How It Ends" was February's pick for the A Plus Book Club. → Read More
Acceptance And Lgbtq Community
During 'Drag Queen Story Hour' kids and drag queens read, sing, dance and learn it's OK to be different. → Read More
After A LGBTQ Pride Sculpture In Poland Was Repeatedly Burned Down, Advocates Created A New, ‘Unbreakable’ One
The artwork has become a symbol of the fight for equal rights in the conservative country. → Read More
Oprah Winfrey Cried Seeing The 'Watching Oprah' Exhibit At The African American Museum For The First Time
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture opened a new exhibit this week dedicated to the media mogul’s influence that brought Oprah Winfrey to tears upon the first time seeing it. → Read More
Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall Was The First To Wear A Sikh Turban During The Trooping The Colour Ceremony
Charanpreet Singh Lall was one of 1,000 soldiers participating in the Trooping the Colour ceremony held this weekend in celebration of the Queen’s 92nd birthday. → Read More
In A Historic Move, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Appointed A Majority Of Women To His Cabinet
This is the highest proportion of women to serve as cabinet members since the country became a democracy. → Read More
Veteran JoAnn Ortloff Writes Viral Facebook Post About The Subtle Sexism Faced By Female Service Members
Former Navy service member JoAnn Ortloff took a moment last week to write a powerful post in the Facebook group Pantsuit Nation about the common assumption that it is her husband, not her, who is the Navy veteran. → Read More
Puerto Ricans Line Up Shoes Outside Capitol After Harvard Report Shows Underestimation Of Hurricane Maria Death Toll
Beginning Friday, citizens lined up pairs of shoes outside the island’s capital building as a representation of the 4,645 lives that a Harvard University study released Tuesday estimated were lost in the storm last September. → Read More