Before they rose to fame, many of the world’s wealthiest and most recognized celebrities struggled for money. And some weren’t just poor — they were homeless. Here are 15 incredible stories of famous people

Quick! What do Joseph Stalin, Kim-Jong Un and American library-goers all have in common? (Hint: It has nothing to do with their hair.) Did you guess? It’s that they all find the Bible more threatening

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates and is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever. When markets opened on Thursday, Bezos had a net worth

Barrington Irving was raised in Miami and is brought up in a city full of poverty and crime. However, he was able to push himself and rise above all the challenges to become the first, youngest, and only

Mastering a skill requires both theory and practice. Theory is important, because if you’re all about the “doing,” you’ll waste energy doing the wrong things. And practice is important because, well, you

Locals in their hundreds assembled in downtown Richmond, Va., last Saturday, July 15, to witness the unveiling of a statue honoring the nation’s first African-American woman to charter a bank — a black

We are on Uganda’s northern border with South Sudan. A beautiful area with rolling green hills scattered with small villages comprised of mud huts, mango trees and compact cotton and tobacco fields. As

We’ve all heard the age-old advice to “forgive and forget.” It’s easier said than done — for many of us, forgiving those who wrong us or our loved ones can be difficult, if not impossible. Sometimes, feelings

From thought patterns to emotions, every facet of human expression dwells within the extraordinary capacity of our gray-and-white matter. How does this mysterious three-pound organ called the brain hold