Celebrity Charities – Celebrities from around the world are joining BeatBullying, a prevention charity in the UK, and millions of people in “The Big March 2012,” the first ever worldwide virtual march against bullying. Currently the march has garnered over 820,000 supporters...

LGBT Issues – In the midst of all the hype surrounding Super Bowl commercials, one national educational foundation premiered a video that doesn’t try to sell cars, insurance, fast food, or jewelry. Instead, the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) screened a PSA...

Social Issues – Footage of an autistic student being brutally beaten has surfaced thanks to one particularly sick individual who filmed the incident and posted it to Facebook. The beating occurred at a school bus stop in Maryland, and luckily, the evidence fell into the hands of...

Social Issues – A 13 year old Florida girl was beaten unconscious and left spasming by seven 12 to 15-year-old students. The five girls and two boys attacked the victim on the bus, prompting the bus driver to stop. When the fighting stopped, the driver continued, and so did the fighting....

LGBT – Traver Rains, “a small-town cowboy from Montana,” may be just a designer, but he’s a designer with a mission. After being inspired by the mounting accounts of LGBTQ bullying and suicides in the country Rains wanted to do something to help, so he started the...

Social Issues – The issue of school bullying has been propelled into the media spotlight over the past several years, shedding light on the daily abuse endured by children across the country. As more statistics become available, the impact of the torment is becoming clear. A recent...

Social Issues – President Barack Obama speaks out about the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the rights of ALL humans, and the new bullying law that has been enacted to keep ALL children and young people safe. “The strength of our country has always been our ability to rise above...

Update November 19, 2011 Social Issues – “I will kick your ass from here to kingdom-come until I’m 80 years old.” Is what 15-year –old special needs student Julio Artuz heard in response to his statement, “Don’t call me special.” At Bainbridge...

Civil Rights – Michigan’s new Anti-bullying bill which contains controversial language that essentially gives bullies permission to harass people as long as they have a “sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction” against homosexuality, is likely to be...

Some New Jersey Republicans (including Democrats, but most notable at this time are the Republicans), have participated in a joint New Jersey congressional delegation’s contribution to the It Get’s Better Project. The involvement of three Republican representatives marks “the...