Crisis Text Line engages with texters in moments of crisis and compiles data on the anonymous raw language texters use to teach us when crises are likely to hap...
When the battered women’s movement of the 1970s brought national attention to domestic violence, it was led by women who fought for greater protections and reso...
After I graduated from college, I was offered a job covering local business and politics for my community newspaper. One day, not long after I had started, my b...
Fewer stress-related illnesses, lower blood pressure levels and stronger relationships among benefits of showing more gratitude
Research shows us that focusi...
A girl I knew died today.
That’s not true. She wasn’t a girl, she was the same age that I am.
And I didn’t know, I knew of her. I saw her posing, arms slu...
When I was young, my father was a petty officer in the US Navy.
Every few years, no matter where I was in school or where my mom was working, we would pack u...
There’s a school bus stop down the street from my apartment. I pass by it on the way to work each morning and, when class is in session, always manage to get st...
Netflix has really been upping their content lately.
If you need a break from that summer sun but don’t want to check out in front of the TV, check out these...
According to a 2015 UNICEF report, 58 million children between ages 6-11 and 63 million high school-age children lack access to education worldwide. Sub-Saharan...
With developing technology, biblical translation is happening faster than ever.
Bible translation has always been a complicated and often controversial proce...
‘Money Matters: Make It Count’ teaches financial literacy to teens.
Most parents want to be good role models for their children, but when it comes to finance...
Pathway to Housing’s simple yet revolutionary way to help the chronically homeless
Gerard Thomas
Gerard Thomas served with the U.S. Army in the Vietnam W...
At 4, Alex made it her mission to end childhood cancer.
In 1996, Jay and Liz Scott joined the fight against pediatric cancer when their daughter Alex was dia...
Projections say there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings by 2020, but currently just .3 percent of high school girls major in computer science...
The Global Status of Women
Gates Foundation Co-Chair Melinda Gates along with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Clinton Foundation Vice-Chair Che...
Creative Matters offers new chance at imaginative career
In Los Angeles, one residential treatment center is taking its client job placement program further ...
Tucked into the village of Tilonia in Rajasthan, India, is a school that is redefining what it means to receive an education and breaking down barriers for rura...
Laura Poff is a staff writer for The Salvation Army’s Southern Spirit. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and French from Georgia State University and is a lifelong Salvationist who has worked for the organization since 2006. Laura has read almost every French travel memoir and knows where all the best coffee shops are at home in Atlanta, Ga.
