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Historic Images Made by Robert Capa Repurposed to Promote Peace

Last December, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its annual Armed Conflict Survey. The survey paints a grim picture of rising violence in many regions across the globe, documenting a total of 183 conflicts for 2023, the highest number in three decades. For perspective, there are 195 countries in the world. In response to these escalating conflicts and the lethal threats they …

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AARP Leads Battle Against Ad Industry’s Ageist Hiring Practices

Are you an advertising professional in your late 30s? Great. You have about five years, give or take, to make all the money you can and reach the highest position you can. Don't let the opportunity pass you by, because soon you'll be too old to achieve at the highest level. You'll also be too old to get a new job or keep the one you have. Forget that you're still young enough to reproduce or fight in a war, this is …

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Toronto Area Healthcare Group Raises Awareness and Money

Scarborough is part of the Greater Toronto area and is one of Canada's most diverse communities. It's also home to a scrappy not-for-profit healthcare group that's currently looking to raise $200M in a capital campaign. To interest people in supporting them, the Scarborough Health Network Foundation wrote "a letter" to the community that smartly portrays the need while simultaneously building confidence in the …

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Please Don’t Vote for the Guy With 91 Felony Charges

It's an election year and the campaign is now in full swing. While former President Donald Trump appears to be headed for his third consecutive Republican nomination, current President Joe Biden is focusing on getting the facts straight about January 6th and delivering a message about how much worse it will be for everyone if Trump is reelected to a second term. Susan B. Glasser of The New Yorker notes that …

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Russian Instruments of War Artfully Repurposed by Ukrainian Musicians

Since the start of Russia's lethal attack on Ukraine (a war that has killed or wounded 500,000 people), the resilience, grit, and heart of the Ukrainian people have offered a steady beacon of light and hope for a better future in an otherwise dark time. Now, this new campaign to support German nonprofit ArtHelps from agency Jung von Matt amplifies this resilience and showcases the unique talent and inventiveness …

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Stand Up To Jewish Hate

Since the massacre of Israeli civilians by Hamas on Oct. 7, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has recorded a significant spike in antisemitic incidents across the United States. Preliminary data indicates that reported incidents of harassment, vandalism, and assault increased by 388 percent over the same period last year. According to the ADL, antisemitism surges in times of political or economic uncertainty and is …

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Apple Answers To Mother Nature

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature and Apple wouldn't dream of doing such a thing. The company mines precious metals to use in its products and creates a non-renewable waste stream from these same products, and runs massive data centers that suck electricity all day every day, nevertheless, Apple is aligned with Mother Nature. That's what this new piece of branded content says, and who are we to argue with the …

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