Brandon A. Weber
Contributing Writer
Brandon Weber has been writing and creating viral joy on the Innerwebz for over 7 years at Upworthy, The Progressive, Big Think, and more. His book on forgotten histories of unions, working people, veterans, and other marginalized people is available on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Powell's.
At least 60 will be running at the federal level, and thousands for state offices.
Antidepressants actually do work for a majority of people who try them, a new study asserts.
The new approach to opiate addiction and overdose has been in development for 25 years.
The construction, if and when it happens, could take five or more years.
A new form of light has been discovered.
The disinformation campaigns made famous in 2016 continue.
600 calories or less for each Happy Meal? Well, it’s a start.
Money can’t buy you love? Well, it does buy happiness… up to a certain salary cap
“The most pro-business thing you can to is to help middle-class people thrive.” Nick Hanauer, venture capitalist and entrepreneur.
The game is afoot! It seems Shakespeare borrowed language from his contemporaries more directly than we previously realized.
Cheddar Man is now complete.
This marks the first time someone from the Kim Jong-un family has traveled to South Korea.
Think the increase in revenue will influence some farmers to make the switch?
If you blinked—or if you were in the wrong market—you might have missed a commercial for Scientology during the Super Bowl. You probably also missed the Twitter pushback.
A slice of pizza might just be a better choice than breakfast cereal when you get up in the morning. Cheers!
San Francisco takes a bold new step regarding marijuana laws and convictions.
Alas, much like parrots, they don’t know what they’re saying … it’s just that they can do it, which is still pretty remarkable.
For people who really don’t want to get those wonderfully torturous root canals anymore, there’s a new breakthrough involving stem cells that could eliminate the need for them entirely.
Ingvar Kamprad may be the most influential aesthete in the history of interior design, thanks to the mass-produced and self-assembled furniture created by his company, Ikea.
Artificial Intelligence will change the nature of some jobs, and eliminate others. But will that be good for humanity? Bill Gates thinks so.
You see a gorgeous salamander. Science sees the key to regrowing limbs, eyes, and even bones.
New tariffs enacted on solar panels and washing machines are coming under fire from some around the globe, while others are calling the move a positive step for jobs in the United States.
CEO pay is based on…well, I don’t really know what. But it’s almost never based on performance, and many CEOs fail miserably while collecting a huge paycheck. Not Elon Musk.
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Former US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
Spain and the US have very similar compulsory school hours and homework requirements. There’s a good argument for rallying against this trend.
In a recent CBS News interview, Jon Stewart lays out some fascinating thinking about Trump, how we got here, and what we all need to do to keep the country working as best it can.
Several studies over the last 10 years have shown that people who come from a higher economic rung of the ladder simply don’t connect with other humans they same way as those who are in the poor and the lower economic classes.
We’re ranked behind Saudi Arabia and Korea in empathy. Surprised?
Albert Einstein’s political contributions are frequently eclipsed by his scientific achievements. But the physicist was active in political thought, and his insights remain relevant today.