Brandon A. Weber

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 & NobleAmazonPowell'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.
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. 
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.